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The purpose of the Telehealth 201 curriculum is to reinforce the introductory concepts of telehealth and discuss cultural changes that occurs when incorporating telehealth and virtual care into healthcare delivery, using sample work plans to provide workflow examples and to provide examples of videoconferencing etiquette interactions with patients.

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Website Resources

These resources offer information on telehealth at an introductory level. They allow for a general understanding of telehealth before taking a more in depth look at what is possible with telehealth.

Website and Link Description Potential Uses Citation

Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center
What is Telehealth
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Provides an introduction to basic telehealth definitions and includes resource links to finding locations that provide telehealth.

Handout to help others learn basics of telehealth.

Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center. (2020). What is telehealth. Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center.

Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center
Telemedicine Appointment
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Addresses steps on how to prepare for an appointment, what to do during the appointment and concerns patients may have.

Practice and review how to have patient provider interactions during a telemedicine appointment.

Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center. (2020). Telemedicine appointment. Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center.

Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center
The History of Telehealth
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Gives an overview of the history of telehealth, helping people to understand how telehealth and telemedicine has gotten to where it is today.

See the evolution of telehealth and pioneering moments on a timeline.

Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center. (2020). The history of telehealth. Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center.

Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center
Telehealth Workflow
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A swimming flowchart that displays the general workflow of telehealth interactions between patients, providers and other healthcare workers involved.

Identify roles of providers and patients that take place during a visit.

Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center. (2020). Telehealth workflow. Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center.

Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center
Telehealth Interactions
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Helps to understand basic telehealth etiquette and aid in learning how to engage with patients during a telehealth visit.

Reviewing in depth actions to be considered while engaging with patients over a telemedicine visit.

Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center. (2021). Telehealth interactions. Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center.

Nevada Interprofessional
Healthy Aging Network
Telehealth: Stay Connected and Informed for your Healthcare
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Introductory telehealth information with links to other telehealth resource sites.

Engage in more history and general use information.

Nevada Interprofesional Healthy Aging
Network. (n.d.). Telehealth: stay connected and informed for your healthcare. Nevada Interprofessional Healthy Aging Network.

Midwest Genetics Network
An Introduction to Healthcare through Telemedicine
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Three part video introduction to telemedicine.

Preparation before practicing telemedicine visit scenarios.

Midwest Genetics Network. (2018, October 5). An introduction to healthcare through telemedicine. YouTube. 

Time Toast
The History of Telemedicine
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Timeline featuring events in the history of telemedicine.

Discussion on other important moments in telehealth history.

Vvtopkar Time Toast user. (n.d.). The history of telemedicine. Time Toast.