Telehealth & Remote Monitoring Flashcards
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A telehealth program serving a predominantly Spanish-speaking population must ensure language access. Under federal law, this requirement is governed by:
Answer: The Affordable Care Act Section 1557
ACA Section 1557 prohibits discrimination in health programs receiving federal funding and requires meaningful access to language services for patients with limited English proficiency.
Which metric is most commonly used to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a remote patient monitoring intervention in a randomized controlled trial?
Answer: Change in primary clinical outcome (e.g., HbA1c, blood pressure)
RCTs evaluating RPM programs use validated clinical outcomes—such as change in HbA1c for diabetes or systolic blood pressure reduction—as primary endpoints to demonstrate effectiveness.
Latency in a telehealth video connection primarily affects which aspect of the clinical encounter?
Answer: Real-time clinical communication and interaction quality
High latency causes delays between audio and video transmission, disrupting natural conversational flow and potentially impairing clinical communication during synchronous visits.
A nursing home uses a remote telemonitoring system to detect early signs of sepsis by analyzing vital sign trends. This application most closely aligns with which informatics function?
Answer: Predictive surveillance analytics
Using algorithmic analysis of continuous vital sign trends to predict deteriorating conditions like sepsis before clinical symptoms manifest is a core application of predictive surveillance analytics.
Which of the following best represents a 'digital divide' challenge in telehealth implementation?
Answer: Elderly or low-income patients lacking broadband access or devices
The digital divide refers to disparities in access to technology and internet connectivity, disproportionately affecting elderly, rural, and low-income populations and limiting their telehealth participation.
For CMS Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM), which type of data distinguishes it from Remote Physiologic Monitoring (RPM)?
Answer: Medication adherence, therapy adherence, and pain reporting
RTM (CPT 98975–98981) focuses on non-physiologic data such as therapy adherence, medication adherence, and patient-reported outcomes, distinguishing it from RPM's focus on physiologic measurements.
When a telehealth vendor acts as a Business Associate under HIPAA, which document must be executed between the vendor and the covered entity?
Answer: Business Associate Agreement (BAA)
HIPAA requires a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA) between a covered entity and any vendor that creates, receives, maintains, or transmits PHI on the entity's behalf.