Telehealth is one of the medical advancement in meeting the need
of the patient in their most convenient way. The impact of
Telehealth on nursing practice and health care including the
patient and family are as following
- Patient can access their provider from the comfort of their
home or the place where they are at any time
- The family members too can involve in the virtual provider
visit and plan for the treatment of their family members
- The nurses can reduce the unnecessary medical expenditure of a
patient through telehealth acting as a mediator between provider
and patient .
- The parents can be health educated ,created awareness and
management of their child's condition
- The service offered to a patient by a nurse is comparatively
high in time
- The growing patient population with shortage of nurses can be
managed efficiently with this telehealth nursing .