Providing Facility-based Care Using Telehealth

Course Code: REL-PAC-0-TPC

Hours: 0.75

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2024

Learning Objectives:
List three ways telehealth services are used in a long-term care facility.
Discuss the benefits of using facility-based telehealth.
Identify three telehealth services that are used for managing resident care.

Outline:
Section 1: Introduction

About This Course

Learning Objectives

Section 2: What Is Telehealth

The History of Telehealth

Telehealth Today

Telehealth vs. Telemedicine

Real-Time Video

Review

Summary

Section 3: Telehealth in Long-Term Care

Value to Residents

Hospitalization Impacts

Services Available

Service Delivery

Nursing Impacts

Review

Standards for Virtual Care

Tips for Success

The Future of Facility-Based Telehealth

Review

Summary

Section 4: Conclusion

Course Summary

Course Contributor

References

 

Instructor: Edward Bartels, RN, BSN, MICN

Ed has 30 plus years of nursing experience with clinical roles in trauma, emergency, critical care, skilled nursing, behavioral health, occupational health, home care, and is a certified clinical nursing instructor in North Carolina. Ed served as Director of Nursing for rural emergency services and physician practices. Ed earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Ed retired from the U.S. Coast Guard with 34 years served.

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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.