The Advantages Of Telehealth For Elderly Patients

The Advantages of Telehealth for Elderly PatientsStudent’s NameInstitutional AffiliationCourseProfessor’s NameDateThe Advantages of Telehealth for Elderly PatientsTelehealth refers to the provision and facilitation of health-related services using the latest digital and telecommunication technologies. The health-related services may entail patient education, medical care, self-care, and health information. In some instances, telehealth is interchanged with telemedicine; however, the latter refers to the remote diagnosis and treating of patients using telecommunication technology. There are several technologies embraced by telehealth, which are not limited to store and forward technologies, mobile health (mHealth), audio and video technologies, and remote patient monitoring (RPM) (NEJM Catalyst, 2018). Telehealth is a modern approach to providing health services and is commonly used in some situations where the patient and the physician are not in the exact location. Thus, it embraces technological innovations while addressing the patients' needs. Telehealth directly links the patients to the physician, and the medical information is shared between the healthcare professionals and the healthcare client. As popular of elderly people increases, telehealth has become an overall health care strategy to address their health needs. Telehealth and Elderly PatientsTelemedicine is being used to address