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Telemedicine

Overview and Application in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

  • Comprehensively covers the implementation and management of telehealth in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep

  • Addresses regulatory, legal, financial, logistical, and intra-organization/intra-personal barriers that come with implementing a telehealth program

  • Written by interprofessional authors that are leaders in the field of telemedicine with extensive knowledge of diverse telemedicine programs and robust real-world experience on the topic

Part of the book series: Respiratory Medicine (RM)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Primer on Telemedicine Program Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Overview and History of Telehealth

      • Alexis E. Frehse
      Pages 3-14
    3. Telehealth Legal and Regulatory Issues

      • Kyle Faget, Nathaniel M. Lacktman, Jessica Joseph, Alexandra Shalom
      Pages 15-31
    4. Telehealth Finance Variables and Successful Business Models

      • Bryan T. Arkwright, Monica L. Nash, Morgan E. Light
      Pages 33-59
    5. Telehealth Technology, Information, and Data System Considerations

      • Ragan DuBose-Morris, Michael Caputo, Michael Haschker
      Pages 71-92
    6. People Issues in Telehealth

      • Katharine Hsu Wibberly, Tina Sweeney Gustin
      Pages 93-107
  3. Telehealth in Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
    2. Telehealth for Pediatric Asthma

      • Claire A. MacGeorge, Annie Lintzenich Andrews, Kathryn L. King
      Pages 129-141
    3. Ambulatory Telemedicine: Home-Based COPD Management

      • Gustavo Adolfo Fernandez Romero, Gerard J. Criner
      Pages 143-149
    4. Telemedicine in the Practice of Emergency Medicine: Telemergency

      • Richard L. Summers, Sarah A. Sterling, Danielle K. Block
      Pages 161-175
    5. Tele-ICU Programs

      • Daniel M. Hynes, Isabelle Kopec, Nandita R. Nadig
      Pages 177-194
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 195-199

About this book

This book provides an overview of key issues with regards to implementing telemedicine services as well as an in depth overview of telemedicine in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Topics range from specific practices to program development. Telemedicine has experienced explosive growth in recent years and yet, implementing telemedicine solutions is complex with substantial regulatory, legal, financial, logistical, and intra-organization/intra-personal barriers that must be overcome. This book provides the necessary information and guidance to address those complex issues.

This book is broadly divided into two parts 1) a primer on requisite steps before embarking on telemedicine service development and 2) specific applications and examples where telemedicine is successfully utilized to improve quality of care in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. The first part includes coverage of telemedicine and finance, regulatory and legal issues, and program development. The second part delves into specifics with information on ambulatory telemedicine programs, inpatient consultations, and tele-ICU programs. All chapters are written by interprofessional authors that are leaders in the field of telemedicine with extensive knowledge of diverse telemedicine programs and robust real-world experience on the topic.

This is an ideal guide for telehealth program managers, and pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine professionals interested in improving their telehealth practice.

Keywords

  • telehealth
  • telemedicine
  • information technology
  • communication technology
  • pulmonary diseases
  • tele-ICU medicine

Editors and Affiliations

  • Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA

    Dee W. Ford

  • Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, USA

    Shawn R. Valenta

About the editors

Dee W. Ford

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC, USA

 

Shawn R. Valenta

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC, USA


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Telemedicine

  • Book Subtitle: Overview and Application in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

  • Editors: Dee W. Ford, Shawn R. Valenta

  • Series Title: Respiratory Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64050-7

  • Publisher: Humana Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-64049-1Published: 04 March 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-64052-1Published: 05 March 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-64050-7Published: 03 March 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2197-7372

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-7380

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 199

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pneumology/Respiratory System, Internal Medicine, Health Administration

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Buying options

eBook USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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