FPP2 - From Telemedicine to Virtual Care Exam Questions And Answers
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Who is considered to be the Canadian telemedicine pioneer? - ANS Dr. Maxwell House
What were his contributions to telemedicine? (5) - ANS 1. Founding the telemedicine/telehealth program at Memorial University in mid-1970s
2. Overcoming physician's skepticism and patients' warine...
FPP2 - From Telemedicine to Virtual
Care Exam Questions And Answers
Who is considered to be the Canadian telemedicine pioneer? - ANS Dr. Maxwell House
What were his contributions to telemedicine? (5) - ANS 1. Founding the
telemedicine/telehealth program at Memorial University in mid-1970s
2. Overcoming physician's skepticism and patients' wariness
3. Creating a telemedicine system that now includes 65 locations
4. Allowing more than 1000 consultations provided through telemedicine a month
5. Enabling distance health education programs for diabetic patients and parents of deaf
children
What is the difference between telemedicine and telehealth? - ANS Although the terms are
used synonymously, telehealth is broader in focus. It may include educational rounds, remote
patient monitoring and mental health supports
Have priority areas for telemedicine been identified by governments? - ANS Key priority
areas include Indigenous communities, official language minorities and northern remote
communities
Private sector telemedicine - ANS Telemedicine services exist beyond publicly funded
healthcare, i.e company involved in the provision of healthcare services off shore such as
fishing vessels and oil rigs
When was telemedicine developed? - ANS 1970s
What is very important to ensure with telehealth? - ANS Ensuring privacy, being provided in
a safe and secure environment
T/F: Telehealth can be accessed by patients and their loved ones - ANS False, can only be
accessed by authorized health care professionals
In 2014, what was the result of the Canada Health Infoway annual tracking survey? - ANS
Consumer health solution priorities which identified e-health solutions
What was the significance of these solutions? - ANS Instrumental in developing the
favourable conditions that were necessary to pivot to virtual care in 2020
, What were the 5 consumer health solution priorities? - ANS 1. E-visits
2. E-views
3. E-renewal/e-refill
4. E-scheduling
5. Remote patient monitoring
1. E-visits - ANS Secure messaging between patients and their care providers
2. E-views - ANS Patient/informal caregiver access to personal information
3. E-renewal/e-refill - ANS Patient initiated electronic requests for prescription
renewals/refills
4. E-scheduling - ANS Electronic patient self-scheduling with their community or
ambulatory care-based clinician
5. Remote patient monitoring - ANS Delivery of health care to a patient's home by
connecting the patient and a health care provider through a technology device
What are the 2 primary advantages of telemedicine/telehealth? - ANS 1. Access to medical
services
2. Time saved by reduced travel time
Impact on the environment with telemedicine/telehealth? - ANS Less travel associated
costs (both for the patient and the environment), in addition to providing quality care
What gap was identified with the development of virtual primary care? - ANS Lack of
reimbursement for virtual consultations
Types of visits that are suitable for virtual care (9) - ANS 1. Lab results
2. Medication renewals
3. Follow up on previous diagnosis
4. Specialist referral
5. Non-urgent concerns i.e rash or cold
6. Chronic disease management
7. Providing care to new mothers
8. Routine check ins
9. Assessment of visual symptoms ie cellulitis, conjunctivitis
Types of visits that have mixed perceptions on appropriateness for virtual care (4) - ANS 1.
Mental health follow-up
2. Palliative care
3. New diagnosis
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