Telehealth Service Delivery Models Flashcards
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Which telehealth model involves a patient at a rural clinic being evaluated by a distant specialist via real-time video?
Answer: Hub-and-spoke synchronous consultation
The hub-and-spoke synchronous model connects originating-site patients with distant hub specialists in real time.
A school nurse uses a tablet to transmit a student's ear photos to a remote pediatrician for later review. This best describes:
Answer: Store-and-forward (asynchronous) telemedicine
Store-and-forward telemedicine captures and transmits clinical data for later review by a remote clinician without real-time interaction.
Which service delivery model is MOST appropriate when a patient in a medically underserved area needs urgent mental health crisis intervention?
Answer: Synchronous video or telephone session
Urgent mental health crises require immediate real-time communication, making synchronous video or telephone the appropriate model.
Telestroke programs primarily use which delivery model to minimize time-to-treatment?
Answer: Real-time synchronous video consultation
Telestroke relies on real-time synchronous video so neurologists can rapidly assess patients and authorize thrombolytics within treatment windows.
In a direct-to-consumer (DTC) telehealth model, the patient typically:
Answer: Connects directly to a clinician from home without an originating-site facilitator
DTC telehealth removes the originating-site intermediary, allowing patients to access clinicians directly from personal devices at home.
An endocrinologist reviews a patient's 90-day continuous glucose monitor (CGM) data between visits and adjusts insulin doses. This exemplifies:
Answer: Remote patient monitoring with asynchronous review
Remote patient monitoring collects physiological data over time, which the clinician reviews asynchronously to guide ongoing management.
Which factor most distinguishes a telehealth 'store-and-forward' model from a 'remote patient monitoring' model?
Answer: RPM involves continuous or periodic device-collected data; store-and-forward involves clinician-captured discrete data packets
RPM continuously or periodically collects physiologic device data, whereas store-and-forward typically involves discrete snapshots (images, notes) captured by a clinician and transmitted for later review.