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An Overview of Telehealth and Equipment
Are you new to telehealth or telemedicine? Have you ever wondered what this telemedicine stuff is all about? View courses in this category to get a general overview of telehealth and telemedicine. We will also take a look at the different equipment involved.
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Welcome to the module, “Overview of Telehealth”. This module covers three sections, "What is Telehealth?", "Potential Applications" and "How does it Work?".

Define the terms Telehealth and Telemedicine
Define the terms Store & Forward and Live-Interactive
Identify the process of a typical Telemedicine consultation
List 4 potential benefits of Telemedicine 

Speaker Disclosures: 
The planners, speakers, moderators, peer reviewers and /or panelists of this CME activity have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Instructions to obtain credit:

  1. Complete the pre-test
  2. View the entire activity online
  3. Check completion box
  4. Complete the post-test (must pass the post-test to receive credit)
  5. Complete Evaluation
  6. Print certificate or transcript (Available in the “My Profile” tab).

System Requirements - PC
Participants must have Internet access and the correct browser software. If your browser is not current, please click on the specific link below to download the appropriate software (free of charge).

PC
Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view handouts.
Windows XP or greater
Sound Card & Speakers
800 x 600 Minimum Monitor Resolution
(1024 x 768 Recommended)
Flash Player Plug-in (9.0 or later)
 
Check your version
 here.
Internet Explorer 8
Mozilla Firefox 21
Google Chrome 30.0.1599.101
 
Safari 5.1.7

System Requirements - MAC
Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view handouts.
Mac OS 10.4
Sound Card & Speakers
800 x 600 Minimum Monitor Resolution
(1024 x 768 Recommended)
Flash Player Plug-in (9.0 or later)
 
Check your version
 here.
Internet Explorer 8
Mozilla Firefox 21
Google Chrome 30.0.1599.101
 
Safari 5.1.7 

Other Recommended Multimedia Plug-ins:
Windows Media
Real Player(TM) (Latest Version)

ANCC Accreditation Statement:
Center of Distance Health, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission of Accreditation

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