Question

1.

For over forty years, the U.S. government played a major role in the development and promotion of telehealth through various agencies. Which of these was the first telehealth service provided?

		Telephone consultations
		Robotics telesurgery
		Telepsychiatric treatment
		Prison inmate care

2.

Which is the best example of "feature creep" in the process of building new healthcare information systems?

		Staff nurses expect the new system will cut their workload relating to documentation in half.
		The Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit supervisors meet and come up with a list of new features to be added to the system.
		The system is totally customized for an individual organization to reflect the current workflow.
		When an additional feature must be added to the system, the implementation committee approves the change after investigating its cost.

Answer 1

1.Telepsychiatric treatment was the first telehealth service provided .It was used in late 1950s and early 1960s when a CCTV link was established between Nebraska Psychiatric Institute and Norfolk State hospital for psychiatric consultations.

2.The best example for feature creep in the process of building new healthcare information systems is :The Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit supervisors meet and come up with a list of new features to be added to the system.

Feature creep means that a project has expanded beyond its original requirements.