UVA: Telehealth for Long-Term Care Facilities

Provides information on the use of telehealth technology to manage care for those that reside in long-term care facilities.

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About this Course

This course is designed to provide information on the use of telehealth technology to manage care for those that reside in long term care facilities, on both a day-to-day basis, and in the midst of a pandemic. Coordination of care is key to the success of this model of care and execution of a successful partnership between hospitals and medical centers and their neighboring long term care facilities.

Course Highlights:

  • Describes how healthcare institutions can develop an outreach telemedicine program to long-term care (LTC) facilities
  • Guides healthcare institutions/hospitals with a telemedicine program to expand their outreach to meet the needs of LTC facilities in their region/catchment area
  • Presents a case study to describe application of telemedicine technology in LTC facilities

This course is licensed from TelehealthVillage @ the University of Virginia.

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Language Availability: English

Suggested Audiences: Allied Healthcare Professionals, Healthcare Administrators, Licensed Independent Practitioners (LIPs), Nurses, Physicians, Policymakers, Researchers, Students, Telecommunications and Technology Experts

Organizational Subscription Price: Included as part of an annual subscription to the UVA: Telehealth for Non-Hospital Settings series, which is available for $675 per year/per site as a subscription add-on for government and non-profit organizations; $750 per year/per site as a subscription add-on for for-profit organizations
Independent Learner Price: $49.17 per person


Course Content

Telehealth for Long-Term Care Facilities

Learning Objectives:

  • Provide the rationale for deploying telemedicine to the LTC setting from a host telemedicine program based at a hospital or health system
  • Identify ways to expand telemedicine infrastructure of a LTC facility to meet patient care needs
  • Develop a systematic approach to implementing a telemedicine consult/urgent response mechanism that supports the care delivered at the LTC facility
  • Discuss and address challenges and critical success factors in the execution of a telemedicine consult/response approach delivered in the LTC facility
  • Discuss the selection of optimal technology solutions that consider cost/benefit implications and align with the desired care outcomes and staffing capabilities at the host and LTC facilities

Recommended Use: Required
ID (Language): 21369 (English)
Author(s): Laurie Archbald-Pannone, MD, MPH, AGSF, FACP - University of Virginia; Jasveen Kaur, MHSA - University of Virginia; (editor) Jann Balmer, BSN, PhD - University of Virginia; (editor) Kathleen Bunch Meneses, MS - University of Virginia


CME/CEU Credits

CE credits and units are available at no additional cost for TelehealthVillage @UVA courses. Learn more about CE/CME Credits.

Physicians
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
1 Credit
November 1, 2024
October 31, 2026
Nurses
Nursing Contact Hour
1 Credit
November 1, 2024
October 31, 2026
Other Participants
Certificate of Participation
1 Credit
November 1, 2024
October 31, 2026


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