When implementing a telehealth related project in a rural hospital, there are important considerations related to program planning, implementation, quality care, and positive patient outcomes. Telehealth is a tool that should increase the quality and type of care an organization is able to provide. Understanding care coordination is key to being able to accomplish this. This course is intended to help hospitals who are beginning telehealth programs to ensure they are addressing key issues.

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the most important challenges patients, family members, healthcare providers and health institutions face in coordinating care
• Describe the different factors when looking at profitability
• Identify key components of a quality telehealth program
• Describe how telehealth technologies can contribute to the smooth transition from the hospital to the home environment
• Recognize how models of care that utilize Telehealth Technologies demonstrate how technology can be leveraged to positively impact coordination of care, quality assurance, and transitions of care