Telemedicine and Team-Based Care

Telemedicine, Triple Aim and Team Care: Improving Clinical Outcomes in Healthcare Settings

This chapter examines the roles of Telemedicine, Triple Aim and Team Care in Improving Clinical outcomes in Healthcare Settings. Data sources included a review of the literature to identify methodologies, findings and recommendations for utilization and implementation in education and practice.

A team-building model for team-based care.

Telemedicine in Critical Care

Critical care medicine is the specialty that cares for patients with acute life-threatening illnesses where intensivists look after all aspects of patient care. Nevertheless, shortage of physicians and nurses, the relationship between high costs and economic restrictions, and the fact that critical care knowledge is only available at big hospitals puts the system on the edge. In this scenario, ...

Telemedicine in Primary Care

I receive a call from a parent telling me that his 4 year old has developed a rash. Despite all the questions about its shape and consistency, I was not confident to reassure the parent. Suddenly, he sends me a photo of the rash on my blackberry. Another parent audio recorded his child’s cough that was bothering them all night. On daily basis, I see patients who present to the office for checku...

Championing truly collaborative team-based care.

As the nation works toward improving health care delivery models, the concept of team-based care has become more pronounced. Thus, defining it is important, as the position paper from the American College of Physicians (ACP) does in this issue (1). That said, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) disputes many of the principles that the ACP outlines—first and foremost, the over...