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Telehealth Taxonomy & Definitions

To understand the relationships of the various telehealth-related terms,
consider the following taxonomy:

a telehealth taxonomy

To understand the relationships of the various telehealth-related terms,
consider the following taxonomy:

telehealth-delivering-care

Telehealth Definitions

  • Telehealth: Delivering Health care at a Distance.
  • Telemedicine: Practicing Medicine at a Distance.
  • Interactive Patient Care(IPC) Live Video, Chat, or Phone Interaction between a Clinician and a Patient.
  • Remote Patient Monitoring(RPM) Continuous & Periodic Transmission of Vital Signs.
  • Store & Forward (S&F) Asynchronous Transmission of Images, Video, Sound, etc.
  • mHealth The use of Mobile Technologies in medical care.