remote healthcare
Distance medical care
Remote healthcare is medical care delivered when patient and provider are in different locations, typically through video calls, phone consultations, or digital monitoring.
The term covers everything from a video visit with your doctor to wearable devices that transmit vital signs to a clinic.
She managed her chronic condition through remote healthcare during the pandemic.
Also called telehealth or telemedicine.
- teleconsultationRemote healthcare consultation
- telepsychiatryRemote psychiatric care delivery
- telemedicineRemote medical care delivery
- virtual visitRemote healthcare appointment online
- homeboundConfined to one's residence
home health · e-prescriptions · video conferencing · wearable devices · teletriage · store-and-forward · video call · waiting room · monitor · temperature sensors · phone · voice · app · tablet · pulse · blood pressure cuff · screen · appointment
- Canadian ArcticNunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Baffin Island, Yellowknife
- tropical healthmalaria, dengue, dengue fever, cholera, typhoid
remote healthcarebedside care
Medical attention at patient's location
physical examination · house calls · inpatient care · home visits