How can technology be used in providing Home Health Care in rural areas?
Technology can provide the means to overcome geographical distances that often hinder access to health care. Health technology and telehealth are powerful tools to improve access to home health care in rural, remote, and other underserved areas. By using computers and video cameras, sending e-mail reminders, transmitting results by telephone, and assisting provider follow-up; underserved, rural, and remote communities could improve care for individuals of all ages who have chronic health conditions or disabilities. Video conferencing, together with computer communications and resource management, is a possibility in some rural areas. Broadband wireless communications networks now offer a significant opportunity to increase the productivity of rural home health care providing higher quality care at lower cost. Digital technologies can be used to train health care professionals, link remote health care providers, provide telemedicine and telehealth consultations using video conferencing,
