FPP2 - FROM TELEMEDICINE TO VIRTUAL
CARE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Who is considered to be the Canadian telemedicine pioneer? Answer - Dr.
Maxwell House
What were his contributions to telemedicine? (5) Answer - 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? Answer -
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? Answer -
Key priority areas include Indigenous communities, official language minorities
and northern remote communities
Private sector telemedicine Answer - 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? Answer - 1970s
What is very important to ensure with telehealth? Answer - Ensuring privacy,
being provided in a safe and secure environment
T/F: Telehealth can be accessed by patients and their loved ones Answer -
False, can only be accessed by authorized health care professionals
In 2014, what was the result of the Canada Health Infoway annual tracking
survey? Answer - Consumer health solution priorities which identified e-health
solutions
What was the significance of these solutions? Answer - Instrumental in
developing the favourable conditions that were necessary to pivot to virtual
care in 2020
What were the 5 consumer health solution priorities? Answer - 1. E-visits
2. E-views
3. E-renewal/e-refill
4. E-scheduling
5. Remote patient monitoring
1. E-visits Answer - Secure messaging between patients and their care
providers
2. E-views Answer - Patient/informal caregiver access to personal information
CARE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Who is considered to be the Canadian telemedicine pioneer? Answer - Dr.
Maxwell House
What were his contributions to telemedicine? (5) Answer - 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? Answer -
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? Answer -
Key priority areas include Indigenous communities, official language minorities
and northern remote communities
Private sector telemedicine Answer - 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? Answer - 1970s
What is very important to ensure with telehealth? Answer - Ensuring privacy,
being provided in a safe and secure environment
T/F: Telehealth can be accessed by patients and their loved ones Answer -
False, can only be accessed by authorized health care professionals
In 2014, what was the result of the Canada Health Infoway annual tracking
survey? Answer - Consumer health solution priorities which identified e-health
solutions
What was the significance of these solutions? Answer - Instrumental in
developing the favourable conditions that were necessary to pivot to virtual
care in 2020
What were the 5 consumer health solution priorities? Answer - 1. E-visits
2. E-views
3. E-renewal/e-refill
4. E-scheduling
5. Remote patient monitoring
1. E-visits Answer - Secure messaging between patients and their care
providers
2. E-views Answer - Patient/informal caregiver access to personal information
