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Best Practices for Building Interprofessional Telehealth: Report of a Conference.
Lynda B Ransdell1, M Elizabeth Greenberg2, Emi Isaki2
1College of Health and Human Sciences, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, USA.
International Journal of Telerehabilitation
|June 1, 2022
Summary
This conference summarized telehealth best practices and challenges in nursing, occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), and speech-language pathology (SLP). It aimed to build connections and refine concepts for health disparities research.
Area of Science:
- Biomedical research
- Health disparities
- Telehealth and telerehabilitation
Background:
- Arizona Biomedical Research Centre (ABRC) has funded initiatives since 2016 to enhance research capacity for health disparities.
- The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of telehealth across various healthcare professions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To summarize presentations and discussions from the "Telerehabilitation and Telepractice" conference.
- To refine terminology and concepts related to interprofessional telehealth practices.
- To identify best practices, challenges, and future research needs in telerehabilitation.
Main Methods:
- Remote conference held on March 4-5, 2021.
- Presentations by leaders in nursing, occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), and speech-language pathology (SLP).
- Interprofessional discussions to debate and modify telehealth concepts.
Main Results:
- Keynote speakers shared the current status of telehealth in their respective fields.
- Best practices, challenges, and future trends in telerehabilitation were discussed.
- Research needs for advancing telehealth in allied health professions were identified.
Conclusions:
- The conference fostered interprofessional collaboration and knowledge exchange on telerehabilitation.
- Refined understanding of telehealth terminology and application across professions.
- Highlighted the critical role of telehealth in addressing health disparities and future healthcare delivery.
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