| Telehealth |
The term telehealth is used to encompass a broader definition of remote healthcare that does not always involve clinical services.5
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| Telemedicine |
Telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients’ health status.5 Telemedicine is the use of two-way real-time interactive audio and video between places of lesser and greater medical capability or expertise to provide and support health care, when distance separates participants who are in different geographical locations.44
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| Telecare |
Telecare is the term that relates to technology that enables patients to maintain their independence and safety while remaining in their own homes. This technology includes mobile monitoring devices, medical alert systems, and telecommunications technology like computers and telephones. Continuous remote monitoring of patients enables telecare to track lifestyle changes over time as well as receiving alerts relating to real-time emergencies.3
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| Teleconsultation |
Consultation between a provider and specialist at distance using either store and forward telemedicine or real-time videoconferencing.5
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| Telementoring |
The use of audio, video, and other telecommunications and electronic information processing technologies to provide individual guidance or direction.5
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| Telemonitoring |
The process of using audio, video, and other telecommunications and electronic information processing technologies to monitor the health status of a patient from a distance.5
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| Telepharmacy |
Telepharmacy is defined as the provision of pharmaceutical care to patients through the use of telecommunications and information technologies.45
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| Store-and-Forward “Asynchronous Communication” |
Type of telehealth encounter or consult that uses still digital images of patient data for rendering a medical opinion or diagnosis (e.g. in radiology, pathology, dermatology, ophthalmology, and wound care). Store and forward includes the asynchronous transmission of clinical data from one site to another (e.g. email).5
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