Health Care and Telehealth Essay

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telehealth in nursing and the ability to provide quality care has received much attention of late and there are several studies that examine the role of telehealth in supporting patients and helping nurses provide quality care.

The study by Geennhalgh, Wherton, Sugarhood, Hinder, Procter et al. (2013) conducts a qualitative phenomenological study on how telehealth and telecare help elderly persons with their assisted living needs. The study finds that these tools are helpful to varying degrees depending on the patients' needs and the nurses' role in providing care.

Gorst, Coates and Armitage (2016) conduct a qualitative study on how patients' beliefs and personal feelings regarding telehealth impact their quality of care. The study employed interviews with 8 patients to find out how patients feel about this type of care: most liked it but most also valued face-to-face time with care givers.

Brewster et al. (2014) use both qualitative and quantitative data (a mixed method systematic review) in order to discern the impact of telehealth on front line operations in nursing. The study finds that most nurses accept it positively but that there are still barriers in terms of support structures that need to be overcome.

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The study by Wilson (2016) is another mixed-methods systematic review that is both qualitative and quantitative. It finds that telehealth care in pediatric services raised concerns about where clinical responsibility lay. The study indictes that telehealth may be better applied to senior care than to child care.

Spindler et al. (2014) conducted a quantitative randomized-control trial to measure patient satisfaction when telehealth services were employed. The study showed that telehealth increased patient satisfaction in the VA facility. The study used quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews to obtain data for analysis. The study is helpful in showing that telehealth services help health care providers overcome obstacles and patients to receive better quality care.

Finally, the study by Caffery, Martin-Khan and Wade (2016) used a mixed-methods approach to assess the role of research in understanding telehealth and its uses in nursing and health care. The study shows that both quantitative and qualitative assessments are important in understanding the effects and impacts of telehealth in the health care world......

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