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- Use of telecommunications to support healthcare
- It's purpose is to create a more meaningful interaction between patient and provider to improve treatment results and decrease healthcare costs

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- Access to healthcare
- Associated healthcare cost
- Lack of education
- Lack of resources (transportation, time, etc.)
- Lack of support and/or rapport with care provider

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What is Telehealth, and how can it help this patient population?

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What is Telehealth, and how can it help this patient population?

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Telehealth can increase compliance in the following ways:

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Telehealth can increase compliance in the following ways:

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- Increased accessibility to care provider with multiple technological modalities (cell phone, computer, text messages, email, etc.)
- Peer support with some Telehealth applications
- Increased accessibility to healthcare records and daily logs of blood sugar results
- Decrease amount of time spent physically going to the doctor's office

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Can we increase compliance with the diabetic population?

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Can we increase compliance with the diabetic population?

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Can we utilize Telehealth within a reasonable cost to patients and insurance companies?

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Can we utilize Telehealth within a reasonable cost to patients and insurance companies?

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Can we increase rapport with diabetic patients and their care providers?

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Can we increase rapport with diabetic patients and their care providers?

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How canTelehealth improve outcomes in diabetic patients?

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How canTelehealth improve outcomes in diabetic patients?

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Diabetics incur more healthcare costs due to complications and co-morbidities.

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Diabetics incur more healthcare costs due to complications and co-morbidities.

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- More frequent checkups

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- Some insurance companies are starting to reimburse for Telehealth visits
- Other Telehealth programs are seeking grants for financial assistance

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- Telehealth fosters a partnership between healthcare providers and the patient creating a team approach to health management

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- Increased rapport
- Increased medication, treatment, and follow up compliance
- Maximizing available resources to meet the patient needs

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- Increased compliance
- Increased accessibility to healthcare while decreasing costs
- Increased rapport with healthcare provider
- Promise of improved patient outcomes

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- Technological barriers (poor access to computers, lack of computer training, etc.)
- May not be able to accommodate multiple brands of glucometers
- Inadequate reimbursement for providers
- Licensing and malpractice concerns
- Lack of electronic records

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I think using Telehealth as an option for patients seeing their providers can be extremely beneficial, especially in the younger generations when compliance is most difficult.
I think it builds a trusting relationship between the provider and the patient. Some patients are more comfortable with texting or emailing if they have complications with their health.
I like that Telehealth offers multiple technological platforms to reach many different populations and generations. For example, if a patient does not have home internet, they are able to go to the public library instead.

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Gruessner, V. (2015). How Telehealth Technology Revolutionizes Diabetes Care. MHealth Intelligence. Retrieved from: https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/how-telehealth-technology-revolutionizes-diabetes-care

Klonoff, D. C. (2009). Using Telemedicine to Improve Outcomes in Diabetes—An Emerging Technology. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology (Online), 3(4), 624–628.