Jacobs Karen, Cason Jana, McCullough Ann
BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES, SARGENT COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA.
SPALDING UNIVERSITY, AUERBACH SCHOOL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, USA.
Int J Telerehabil. 2015 Jul 29;7(1):21-32. doi: 10.5195/ijt.2015.6163. eCollection 2015 Spring.
The World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) consists of 84 member organizations representing over 420,000 occupational therapists internationally (WFOT, 2014). In 2014, WFOT published the WFOT Telehealth Position Statement on the use of telehealth in occupational therapy. The process for the formulation of the official document involved reviewing WFOT member organizations' telehealth position statements and data collected from a survey sent to member organizations' delegates in April 2014. Qualitative data from 39 countries yielded factors to consider in five key areas: licensure/registration requirements, the cost of technology, privacy and security, reimbursement/payment models, and other issues (e.g., need for collaboration/transfer of knowledge, client selection, provider competencies, standard of care). The WFOT Telehealth Position Statement addressed each of these areas. The collaborative effort resulting in the development of the WFOT Telehealth Position Statement serves as a model for other international organizations.
世界职业治疗师联合会（WFOT）由84个成员组织组成，在国际上代表着超过420,000名职业治疗师（WFOT，2014年）。2014年，WFOT发布了关于在职业治疗中使用远程医疗的《WFOT远程医疗立场声明》。这份官方文件的制定过程包括审查WFOT成员组织的远程医疗立场声明以及2014年4月发送给成员组织代表的一项调查所收集的数据。来自39个国家的定性数据产生了五个关键领域需要考虑的因素：执照/注册要求、技术成本、隐私与安全、报销/支付模式以及其他问题（例如，合作/知识转移的需求、客户选择、提供者能力、护理标准）。《WFOT远程医疗立场声明》阐述了上述每个领域。促成《WFOT远程医疗立场声明》制定的合作努力为其他国际组织树立了典范。
