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2. Telenursing - Wikipedia

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   One of the most distinctive telenursing applications is home care.For example, patients who are immobilized, or live in remote or difficult to reach places, citizens who have chronic ailments, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, congestive heart disease, or debilitating diseases, such as neural degenerative diseases (Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease or ALS), may ...

3. Triage - Wikipedia

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   In medicine, triage (/ ˈ t r iː ɑː ʒ /, / t r i ˈ ɑː ʒ /) is a process by which care providers such as medical professionals and those with first aid knowledge determine the order of priority for providing treatment to injured individuals [1] and/or inform the rationing of limited supplies so that they go to those who can most benefit from it. [2]

4. Hospice, Inc. - The Huffington Post

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   HuffPost found 759 hospices that haven’t been inspected in more than 6 years. Nursing home inspections, by contrast, are required by federal law at least every 15 months. Over a recent three-year span, 55 percent of all U.S. hospices were cited for a violation, many care-related, HuffPost found.

5. End-of-life care - Wikipedia

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   End-of-life care. End-of-life care (EOLC) is health care provided in the time leading up to a person's death. End-of-life care can be provided in the hours, days, or months before a person dies and encompasses care and support for a person's mental and emotional needs, physical comfort, spiritual needs, and practical tasks. [1][2] EoLC is most ...

6. Telehealth - Wikipedia

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   Telehealth is the distribution of health-related services and information via electronic information and telecommunication technologies. [1] It allows long-distance patient and clinician contact, care, advice, reminders, education, intervention, monitoring, and remote admissions. [2][3] Telemedicine is sometimes used as a synonym, or is used in ...

7. Emergency medicine - Wikipedia

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   Emergency medicine is the medical speciality concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. Emergency medicine physicians (often called "ER doctors" in the United States) specialize in providing care for unscheduled and undifferentiated patients of all ages.