Overview of Telehealth and Its Application to Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy
Overview of Telehealth and Its Application to Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy
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远程医疗概述及其在心肺物理治疗中的应用
DOI：
10.1097/01823246-200920020-00003
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2009
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D. Shaw
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D. Shaw
&NA;电信技术的进步为向服务不足和异地流离失所的患者提供医疗服务提供了独特的机会。医疗保健专业人员目前使用语音和视频系统与各种临床场所的患者和同事进行交流。不幸的是，此类系统在物理治疗环境中的存在有限。多种因素，包括对现有设备不熟悉以及感知的系统购买和运营成本，似乎限制了其使用。甚至这些术语也与经常互换使用的远程医疗、远程医疗和远程康复等术语相混淆。本文的目的是概述该技术，并提供有关在心肺物理治疗实践中使用远程医疗的临床观点。
&NA; Advances in telecommunication technology provide unique opportunities for the provision of medical services to underserved and geographically displaced patients. Health care professionals currently use voice and video systems to communicate with patients and colleagues in a variety of clinical venues. Unfortunately, such systems have limited presence in physical therapy settings. A variety of factors, including lack of familiarity with existing devices and perceived system purchase and operation costs, appear to be limiting its use. Even the terminology is confusing with such terms as telehealth, telemedicine, and telerehabilitation often used interchangeably. The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of this technology and to provide a clinical perspective regarding the use of telehealth in cardiopulmonary physical therapy practice.