Cason Jana
Auerbach School Of Occupational Therapy, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Int J Telerehabil. 2014 Sep 3;6(1):29-35. doi: 10.5195/ijt.2014.6148. eCollection 2014 Spring.
Over the past decade, the practice of occupational therapy has been increasingly influenced by technological advances in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and associated changes in health care policy. Emergent from this evolution is the application of telehealth to deliver occupational therapy services to a client who is in a different physical location than the provider. This article furnishes an overview of the evidence for telehealth use in occupational therapy, discusses key policy considerations, and provides resources to guide practitioners in the ethical use of telehealth.
在过去十年中,职业治疗实践越来越受到信息通信技术(ICT)使用方面的技术进步以及医疗保健政策相关变化的影响。这种演变催生了远程医疗的应用,以便为与提供者身处不同地理位置的客户提供职业治疗服务。本文概述了职业治疗中使用远程医疗的证据,讨论了关键的政策考量因素,并提供资源以指导从业者合乎道德地使用远程医疗。