Telepresence and Technology Flashcards
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A telehealth clinician is seeing a patient in a rural area using a mobile device on a cellular network. Call quality suddenly drops. What should be done first?
Answer: Ask the patient to move to a location with stronger cellular signal or connect to Wi-Fi
Asking the patient to find a stronger signal or connect to Wi-Fi is the quickest first step to restore adequate connection quality.
Which element of telehealth room setup most directly affects a patient's perception of professionalism and trust?
Answer: A clean, uncluttered background behind the clinician
A clean, professional background minimizes distractions and signals to the patient that the clinician takes the encounter seriously.
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) devices transmit biometric data to a clinician. Which technology standard is most commonly used for short-range wireless transmission from these devices?
Answer: Bluetooth
Bluetooth is the most widely used short-range wireless standard for connecting RPM devices such as glucose meters, blood pressure cuffs, and pulse oximeters to a gateway or smartphone.
A telehealth provider wants to ensure their platform meets ADA accessibility standards. Which feature is MOST important for patients who are Deaf or hard of hearing?
Answer: Real-time captioning or ASL interpreter integration
Real-time captioning or ASL interpreter integration directly addresses the communication access needs of Deaf and hard-of-hearing patients.
What does 'latency' mean in the context of telehealth video communication?
Answer: The delay between when data is sent and when it is received
Latency is the time delay in data transmission; high latency causes noticeable lag in audio and video during a telehealth session.
A clinician is evaluating two telehealth platforms. Platform A uses 128-bit encryption and Platform B uses 256-bit AES encryption. Which platform offers stronger data protection?
Answer: Platform B, because 256-bit AES encryption provides a significantly larger key space
256-bit AES encryption offers a vastly larger key space than 128-bit, making it computationally infeasible to brute-force and providing stronger protection for PHI.
Which of the following best describes a 'hub-and-spoke' telehealth model?
Answer: A central specialist hub provides remote consultations to patients located at distributed spoke sites
In the hub-and-spoke model, a central hub facility (specialist center) connects remotely to peripheral spoke sites (rural clinics, hospitals) to deliver specialty care.