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Telehealth in the
Practice of
Occupational
Therapy

Introduction
 Use

of technologies
 Habilitation services
 Rehabilitation services
 Transformation of health care system
by ACA, 2010

Prevention and wellness
The use of service delivery models like telehealth
and tele rehabilitation
 Through the Health Promotion, National
Prevention and Public Health Council
 Improve the quality of health for families and
communities
 For prevention, chronic care management,
treatment of mental health disorders, substance
abuse, rehabilitation.


Occupational Therapy and
Coordinated Care


Patient centered care, chronic disease management
and health promotion will considerably be enhanced
through this



They have the ability to critically analyze predictors such
as performance skills, patterns the client factors, the
environment and the activity quotients of the effect of
health and need for resolute management



The practitioners ought to be aware of the best possible
ways to promote occupational therapy while giving
care, which must include telehealth

Telehealth? Telemedicine? What’s
the difference?


Telehealth and telemedicine are used
interchangeably to define delivery of clinical
services



Telemedicine is the delivery of health care by a
care giver or physician to a patient with the use
of interactive video technology especially when
there is a separation of the doctor and patient
by distance.



Telemedicine is therefore part of telehealth

Telehealth


Telehealth can best be described as a health
care delivery model for providing health-related
services at a distance using technology



It includes the “application of evaluation,
preventative, diagnostic, and therapeutic
services via two-way or multipoint interactive
telecommunication technology”

Telehealth and the Affordable
Care Act
Threefold Aim
1.

To improve the individual ultimate
experience of care

2.

To improve the health of a population

3.

To reduce the costs of care per individual
in overall populations

1.To improve the care experience


Advances the access to care and specialists



Prevents delays in care caused by personnel
shortages, travel



Facilitates care coordination and
communication



Decreases hospital admissions and readmissions



Promotes care in the community

2. Population Health
 Progressive

screenings and assessments,
early intervention, rehabilitation…
 Physiological factors such as blood
pressure, cholesterol
 Behavioral factors like personal health
practices, tobacco and alcohol use,
physical activity, socioeconomic and
physical environments,

3. Affordability of Care
 Access

to care in a hospital as a long term
care can reduce health care risks

 Research

validates telehealth’s ability to
increase quality of care, patient safety
and care management.

Telemedicine
 Defined

as the use of medical information
from one site to another via
telecommunications to improve patients’
health care

 Uses

technology to promote health

 Vast

exchange of information

Tele rehabilitation


Defined as the application of evaluation,
preventative, diagnostic, and therapeutic
services via two-way or multi-point interactive
telecommunication technology



Tele rehabilitation was recognized as a viable
service delivery model for the delivery of
therapeutic services, including occupational
therapy

Important Telehealth Policy
Considerations
 Uphold

the welfare of consumers
 Unpredictability of technological
evolution
 A variation of client circumstances
 Expert clinical reasoning

Applications of Telehealth in
Occupational Therapy
 Developing

 Creating

skills

health-sponsoring routines

 Integrating

assistive technology and
adoptive procedures

 Transforming

environment

 Increased

home, work or school

accessibility

AOTA and Telehealth


AOTA is helping members access resources for
the ethical practice of telehealth in
occupational therapy



AOTA is credited to being active in ...