Telehealth

Course CodeSGP10
Fee CodeSG
Duration (approx)20 hours
QualificationCertificate of Completion

Learn to deliver Health Services Remotely.

Lesson Structure

There are 7 lessons in this course:

  1. SCOPE AND NATURE OF TELEHEALTH SERVICING
    • Telesurgery
    • Virtual reality
    • Remote education
    • Advantages and disadvantages of telehealth
    • Advantages
    • Disadvantages
  2. TELEHEALTH IN A CLINICAL SETTING
    • Are telehealth consultations suitable for your practice?
    • Length of telehealth consultations
    • Reimbursement for telehealth services
    • Insurance for telehealth services
    • Issues for cross-jurisdiction
    • Different types of practitioners
    • Medical doctors
    • Physiotherapists
    • Optometrists
    • Podiatrist
    • Psychologists & counsellors
    • Naturopaths
  3. MANAGEMENT OF TELEHEALTH SERVICES
    • Record keeping
    • Security and storage of information
    • Privacy and confidentiality
    • Ethical issues
    • Informed consent
    • Working with vulnerable people and children
    • Financial management
    • Marketing
    • Quality management
    • Risk management for clients or patients
  4. USING TECHNOLOGY FOR TELEHEALTH
    • Other uses of technology
    • Equipment, systems and software
    • Equipment
    • Choosing systems to use
    • Booking & payment systems
    • Online consultations & bookings
    • Payment systems
    • Problems
  5. CONDUCTING AN ONLINE CONSULTATION
    • Before the consultation
    • Deciding on allocation of telehealth services
    • Preparing for a consultation
    • Room & equipment preparation
    • Room requirements
    • Décor
    • Lighting
    • Camera
    • Microphones
    • Internet
    • Bandwidth reliability
    • Getting started
    • Presence of others
    • During a telehealth consultation
    • Video conferencing etiquette
    • After the telehealth consultation
  6. PATIENT DATA & TELEHEALTH
    • Video call data
    • Gathering data from physical examinations
    • Performing physical examinations
    • Limitations of video call examinations
    • Record keeping & other data
    • Storing medical records & health data
    • Sharing data between healthcare professionals
  7. COMPLEMENTARY PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES
    • Multidisciplinary or health team
    • Teamwork & technology
    • Other services
    • Nurturing relationships with allied services
    • Challenges and future directions for telehealth




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