Telehealth & Remote Monitoring Flashcards
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Interstate medical licensure compacts for telehealth are designed primarily to:
Answer: Streamline the process for clinicians to obtain licenses in multiple states
Interstate licensure compacts (e.g., the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact) allow eligible physicians to obtain expedited licenses in member states, facilitating cross-state telehealth practice.
A telehealth platform automatically flags a patient's blood pressure reading as critically high and notifies the on-call nurse. What informatics concept does this exemplify?
Answer: Workflow automation with alerting
Automated threshold detection that triggers clinical notifications is a core example of workflow automation integrated with clinical alerting in remote monitoring systems.
Which of the following best describes 'telestroke' services?
Answer: Real-time specialist consultation via video to guide acute stroke assessment and tPA decisions
Telestroke programs use synchronous video to connect emergency physicians with neurologists who guide stroke evaluation, imaging interpretation, and thrombolytic therapy decisions in real time.
When evaluating remote patient monitoring data quality, which term describes the degree to which device measurements reflect true physiologic values?
Answer: Validity
Validity (or accuracy) in measurement science refers to how closely a device's output corresponds to the true value being measured.
A rural clinic uses telehealth to connect patients with urban specialists. This model primarily addresses which social determinant of health?
Answer: Geographic access to care
Telehealth reduces geographic barriers by enabling patients in underserved rural areas to access specialist expertise without requiring long-distance travel.
Which standard is most commonly used to encode and transmit waveform data (e.g., ECG) from remote monitoring devices to clinical systems?
Answer: IEEE 11073
The IEEE 11073 family of standards defines device communication protocols for point-of-care and personal health devices, including waveform data transmission.
Under CMS RPM billing rules, what is the minimum number of days per 30-day period that a device must collect and transmit data to qualify for ongoing monitoring reimbursement (CPT 99457/99458)?
Answer: 16 days
CMS requires that RPM devices collect and transmit data for at least 16 days within a 30-day period to qualify for ongoing RPM treatment management reimbursement.