Home telehealth: connecting care within the community

Abstract

A variety of forces are driving the use of technology in the health care field—population ageing, chronic illness, quality outcomes, self-care, patient empower-ment, consumer convenience, and rising costs. From an integrated care perspective, mobile communica-tions, remote monitoring and other innovative technol-ogies—the core applications of what is increasingly known as telehealth, telemedicine or telecare—can serve as a kind of glue to hold the health (and social) care team together, enhance patient–provider rela-tionships, and support new, better and more efficient models of coordinated, patient-centred care. Home telehealth: connecting care within the commu-nity presents a comprehensive overview of, and prac-tical guide to, the latest developments and applications of telehealth technology in the home and community-based settings. This excellent compendium is edited by three well-known international 'gurus' and contains contributions of 60 other experts from Australia,