Telehealth is becoming an integral part of treating the health of people in the community. Please write a 1400-word essay answering the following questions: 1. What is telehealth and what does it encompass (i.e. types of telehealth)? 2. What are the benefits of telehealth? 3. What are the disadvantages of telehealth? 4. Which health care professionals would Avis (from the case study below) benefit from speaking with, using telehealth. Avis is a 23-year-old female who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at the age of 3 months. She has had multiple hospital admissions for CF related complications, the most recent for a bacterial lung infection, for which she has been hospitalised for the last week, with a possible discharge planned for within the next 48 hours. During this recent hospital admission, the respiratory consultant discussed the possibility of Avis requiring a double-lung transplant in the future, if her lung function continued to decrease. Avis was not agreeable to having that surgery, and did not want further information. Avis’ additional past history include an appendectomy at age 6, and a car accident at age 18 (in which she was the driver) which included a fractured sternum, R) sided haemopneumothorax, and R) humerus fracture including cubitus instability and nerve damage causing tingling/numbness in her R) hand (which has since completely resolved). Please justify your answers using a minimum of ten (10) peer-reviewed journal articles which have been published within the last ten (10) years.
Telehealth is becoming an integral part of treating the health of people in the community. Please write a 1400-word essay answering the following questions:
1. What is telehealth and what does it encompass (i.e. types of telehealth)?
2. What are the benefits of telehealth?
3. What are the disadvantages of telehealth?
4. Which health care professionals would Avis (from the case study below) benefit from speaking with, using telehealth.
Avis is a 23-year-old female who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at the age of 3 months. She has had multiple hospital admissions for CF related complications, the most recent for a bacterial lung infection, for which she has been hospitalised for the last week, with a possible discharge planned for within the next 48 hours. During this recent hospital admission, the respiratory consultant discussed the possibility of Avis requiring a double-lung transplant in the future, if her lung function continued to decrease. Avis was not agreeable to having that surgery, and did not want further information. Avis’ additional past history include an appendectomy at age 6, and a car accident at age 18 (in which she was the driver) which included a fractured sternum, R) sided haemopneumothorax, and R) humerus fracture including cubitus instability and nerve damage causing tingling/numbness in her R) hand (which has since completely resolved).
Please justify your answers using a minimum of ten (10) peer-reviewed journal articles which have been published within the last ten (10) years.
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