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Furthermore, virtual patients can be endlessly replayed and easily modified to allow the user to explore different clinical scenarios and patient outcomes. [8] [10] Compared to simulated patients, virtual patients make observation and assessment more robust and easier to control, and they can be used as a standardized assessment method. [11]
Telehealth is sometimes discussed interchangeably with telemedicine, the latter being more common than the former. The Health Resources and Services Administration distinguishes telehealth from telemedicine in its scope, defining telemedicine only as describing remote clinical services, such as diagnosis and monitoring, while telehealth includes preventative, promotive, and curative care ...
An early type of virtual ward was developed by many teams across England, for example, in Croydon Primary Care Trust (South London).. The Croydon project won in four categories of the 2006 Health Service Journal Awards (the "UK's Biggest Awards in Healthcare") namely Primary Care Innovation, Patient-Centred Care, Information-Based Decision Making, and Clinical Service Redesign.
A clinical pathway is a multidisciplinary management tool based on evidence-based practice for a specific group of patients with a predictable clinical course, in which the different tasks (interventions) by the professionals involved in the patient care are defined, optimized and sequenced either by hour (ED), day (acute care) or visit (homecare).
Virtual Hospital interconnects villages in the developing world with their main county hospitals, and hospitals in the West using Telemedicine.Virtual Hospital is based on a traditional healthcare referral system, where the patient's medical information is collected by e-clinics in rural third world communities using a computer, or mobile phone and sent to a general medical practitioner (GP ...
An outpatient department or outpatient clinic is the part of a hospital designed for the treatment of outpatients, people with health problems who visit the hospital for diagnosis or treatment, but do not at this time require a bed or to be admitted for overnight care. Modern outpatient departments offer a wide range of treatment services ...
Nursing care plans provide continuity of care, safety, quality care and compliance. A nursing care plan promotes documentation and is used for reimbursement purposes such as Medicare and Medicaid . The therapeutic nursing plan is a tool and a legal document that contains priority problems or needs specific to the patient and the nursing ...
A typical assessment and treatment space for patients in an ambulatory care clinic. Sites where ambulatory care can be delivered include: Doctor's surgeries/ Doctor's offices /General medical practice: This is the most common site for the delivery of ambulatory care in many countries, and usually consists of a physician's visit .