Other Specialties

Telehealth is utilized across numerous medical specialties and a wide range of health and allied health professions.  Below are general resources and then resources by specialty area that we've curated to date!

• The American Heart Association Center for Telehealth has created a Clinical Podcast Channel with podcasts by trusted telehealth leaders and innovators across multiple specialty areas to share insights on how they use telehealth and telehealth best practices to elevate the quality of care.
• The American Medical Association has published a paper titled  Telehealth Use Across Medical Specialties which offers an insightful overview of various common and effective applications. 
• The Peterson Health Technology Institute evaluates digital health solutions to accelerate the adoption of high-value technologies that improve health and lower costs using the ICER-PHTI Assessment Framework for Digital Health Technologies.  They have the following a searchable library of digital health solution assessments by condition.

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

• The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology has curated allergist resources on telemedicine including information about billing and reimbursement, documentation, remote monitoring and more.

Chronic Diseases (Diabetes, Hypertension and Kidney Disease)

• HHS has a Best Practices Guides on:
  • Telehealth for Diabetes Management
  • Telehealth for Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease
• The Peterson Health Technology Institute has developed the following technology assessments:
  • Digital Diabetes Management Solutions
  • Digital Hypertension Management Solutions
  • Virtual Solutions for Chronic Kidney Disease Management
• The Virginia Center for Diabetes Prevention & Education has put together the following resources:
  • Resources for Telehealth Diabetes Self-Management (free):
    • Diabetes Tele-Education Opportunities Webinar
    • Increasing Your DSMES Program’s Reach & Revenue with Telehealth Visits Webinar
    • VCDPE DSMES Telehealth Capacity Assessment
    • Using_Telehealth_Technologies
    • Telehealth Delivery Tips
  • Resources for Telehealth Delivery of the National DPP (free)
  • Online Telehealth for Diabetes training course modules (there is a fee) that include CME/CEU credits available through the CITI Program.  Specific modules include:
    • Telehealth & National Diabetes Prevention Program
    • Telehealth & Continuous Glucose Monitoring
    • Telehealth for Diabetic Retinopathy Screening
    • Telehealth for Diabetes Self-Management Education & Support

Critical and Intensive Care

• The American Medical Association, as part of its Telehealth/virtual care framework resources, has created a Scenario for Tele-Intensive Care Units.
• The American Association of Critical-Case Nurses has developed a Tele-critical Care Nursing Consensus Statement for registered users.
• The American Telemedicine Association has developed an Acute and Critical Care SIG has created a number of resources for its participating members.

Dermatology

• The American Academy of Dermatology Association has developed patient facing materials about Digital Health including information about apps, making a telemedicine appointment and more.
• The American Telemedicine Association has developed a Teledermatology SIG with a number of resources, including practice guidelines, quick guides and photography guides.

Emergency Medicine

• The American College of Emergency Physicians has created a Telehealth Section to serve as a resource center for integrating telehealth into current systems.  The work of members of the Section include:
  • • Practice Guidance for Emergency Telehealth and Acute Unscheduled Care Telehealth
    • Emergency Telehealth Operational Guidelines
• HHS has a Best Practices Guide on Telehealth Practices for Emergency Departments

Gastrointestinal (GI) Care

• The Peterson Health Technology Institute has developed a technology assessment on Virtual Solutions for Gastrointestinal Conditions

Genetics

• The National Coordinating Center for the Regional Genetics Networks has created a database of Telegenetics Resources to support patients and providers using telegenetics.

HIV Care

• HHS has a Best Practices Guide on Telehealth for HIV Care
• Prime Health, in partnership with Washington University's PrEP Program has put together the TelePrEP Hub,  a toolkit for implementing TelePrEP into an organization

Maternal Health

• HHS has a Best Practices Guide on Telehealth for Maternal Health Services

Neurology and Stroke Care

• The American Academy of Neurology has created a compendium of telehealth resources for its members, including a Guide to Practicing Teleneurology.

Nursing

• The Advisory Board has developed Your How-To Guide for Implementing a Virtual Nursing Program.

Nutrition and Dietetics

• The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has put together recommendations in this publication on Tenets for Increasing Access to Nutrition Care Delivered via Telehealth

Ocular Health

• The American Telemedicine Association Ocular Health SIG has created a number of resources for its participating members

Oncology and Cancer Care

• HHS has a Best Practices Guide on Telehealth and Cancer Care

Primary Care (including Pediatrics)

• The American Academy of Family Physicians has developed a number of telehealth resources that provide very practical assistance with telehealth, including sections on Telehealth Basics, Workflow and Operations, and Billing and Coding.
• The American Academy of Pediatrics has developed a number of telehealth resources that provide very practical assistance with the implementation of telehealth, including a Toolkit on Promoting Telehealth.  The AAP also has a Section on Telehealth Care as a forum for pediatricians and other health care providers interested in collecting, analyzing, discussing and disseminating current practices and charting new directions for pediatric telehealth care through education, research, advocacy and policy development.