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| Organizational and environmental factors affecting the utilization of telemedicine in rural home healthcare | | Author(s) | Vivian L West, Nancy Milio |
| Journal title | Home Health Care Services Quarterly, vol 23, no 4, 2004 |
| Publisher | Haworth Press, 2004 |
| Pages | pp 49-67 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Therapeutic services [domiciliary] ; Home nursing ; Information technology ; Usage [services] ; Rural areas ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In the last five years, home health agencies have become increasingly interested in telemedicine as a potential means to meet the future healthcare needs of their aged and chronically ill clientele. This case study examines the organizational and environmental conditions that affected the implementation of a telemedicine programme in one rural home healthcare organization. Several factors restricted the utilization of telemedicine, including Medicare's Prospective Payment System and corresponding documentation (Outcome Assessment and Information Set), the organisation controlling grant funding for the programme, and several environmental factors. Findings suggest that in rural communities, older homecare patients may have less opportunity to benefit from telemedicine. The study demonstrates the importance of environmental and organizational factors when implementing a telemedicine programme, and recommendations are made for home healthcare organisations. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061006203 A |
| Classmark | N3: N4: UVB: QLD: RL: 7T |
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