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This is a publication of the Consortium for Children and Youth with Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research of the U.S. Department of Education under grant number H133B001200. The opinions contained in this publication are those of the grantee and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Education |
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What is Telehealth?Lead Investigators Recent advances in technology are allowing more children and youth with disabilities and special health care needs living in rural areas to obtain health care services within their own community, even when a provider is located hundreds of miles away. For example, a pediatric cardiologist from a metropolitan children?s hospital might view the results of an echocardiogram conducted on a child at a rural medical facility. The practice of using electronic communication and information technologies to provide or support clinical care at a distance is known as TELEMEDICINE (National Telecommunications and Information Administration). More broadly, the term TELEHEALTH, which encompasses telemedicine, is defined as the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration (Office for the Advancement of Telehealth). Research Team Lead Investigator:
Maria Woolverton Elizabeth Z. Waetzig, J.D.
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