week 8 Proposal to Add Telehealth
Create a PowerPoint Presentation (8–10 slides), with speaker notes, in which you address the following:What is telehealth?Describe the various types and uses of telehealth.Select a type of telehealth outreach to recommend for development to your provider.How can your health care provider use a telehealth system? (Examples of uses include: reaching remote locations—rural, international consulting; reduce/prevent rehospitalizations by increasing the number of patient contacts and triaging patients; urgent care center visits; physician practices with virtual visits, etc.)Explain the benefits of the telehealth system that you select and the type of outreach it will offer, including the pros and cons.Develop a general budget (include three line items: system software cost, implementation cost, and training costs) for the system.How much will it cost to implement, train staff, and maintain the system? Justify your estimation.Develop a cost/benefit analysis.How can you justify spending on this telehealth system?How will telehealth save money, improve access, or improve quality for your health care provider and/or the patients who use it?Find another health care provider that has successfully implemented a telehealth system.What can you learn from their implementation or use that can help with implementing your system?Make a recommendation specific to your provider and provide an overview of the implementation plan/approach, based on your facility size, staff, services offered, and needs