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ISBN 10: 0443239010 ISBN 13: 9780443239014

Casa editrice: Academic Press, 2024

Riassunto

Digital Health: Telemedicine and Beyond describes practical ways to use digital health tools in clinical practice. With a strong focus on case studies and patient outcomes, this title provides an overview of digital medicine, terms, concepts, and applications for the multidisciplinary clinical practitioner. Chapters provide a concise, yet comprehensive understanding of digital health, including telemedicine, mHealth, EHRs, and the benefits and challenges of each. The book gives insights on risks and benefits associated with storing and transmitting patient information via digital tools and educates clinicians in the correct questions to ask for advocacy regarding state laws, scope of practice, and medicolegal implications.

It also addresses the ethical and social challenges that digital health raises, how to engage patients to improve shared decision-making models and how digital health tools can be integrated into clinical practice. This book is a valuable resource for clinicians and medical educators of all health professions, including physicians, physician associates, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, students, and all those who wish to broaden their knowledge in the allied field.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Dipu Patel is the vice chair for Innovation in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies. She has clinical experience in emergency medicine, urgent care, and hematology/oncology, and has served on several boards including the Massachusetts Board of Registration for Physician Assistants. She has developed and taught a wide array of courses that speak to clinical diagnosis and reasoning, evidence-based medicine, health policy, physical exam and history taking, classroom technology, and professional development. Prior to joining the Department of PA Studies, she served as director of Clinical Pathways at a healthcare technology startup, where she led a team of global clinicians to assure that each clinical pathway is provider-driven and patient-centered. Incorporating clinical skills and knowledge with new technology that enhances

patient education and advocacy is what drives her work. Her scholarly interests include healthcare innovation, technology, and workforce development.

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Digital Health: Telemedicine and Beyond describes practical ways to use digital health tools in clinical practice. With a strong focus on case studies and patient outcomes, this title provides an overview of digital medicine, terms, concepts, and applications for the multidisciplinary clinical practitioner.

In 6 chapters Digital Health: Telemedicine and Beyond provides a concise yet comprehensive understanding of digital health including telemedicine, mHealth, EHRs, and the benefits and challenges of each. It gives insight on risks and benefits associated with storing and transmitting patient information via digital tools and educates clinicians in the correct questions to ask for advocacy regarding state laws, scope of practice, and medicolegal implications. The book addresses the ethical and social challenges that digital health raises, how to engage patients to improve shared decision-making models and how digital health tools can be integrated into clinical practice. This book is a valuable resource for clinicians and medical educators of all health professions, including physicians, physician associates, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, students, and all those who wish to broaden their knowledge in the allied field.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Academic Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0443239010
• ISBN 13: 9780443239014
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 554
• Redattore: Patel
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile