Telehealth is important for those elderly patients or

Telehealth is important for those elderly patients or rural patients that don’t have the
resources or access to go to the doctors or hospitals for continuity of care. Healthcare providers
can intervene, monitor, and help via video, or telehealth interfaces. This allows patients to be
more independent, builds patients’ confidence and improves patient moral. With the aid of
Telehelth, it can save the patient money, time, it can reduce trips to the emergency room and also
reduce readmission rates. Telehealth helps with doctors’ visits that can take months to get an
appointment. Telehealth brings the patient and the doctor together more efficiently. Telehealth
gets important information for those homebound patients so there care can be monitored closely.
Some potential risks or issues with telehealth are “availability and cost. You may not have
access to telemedicine services. For the provider, it can be expensive to set up and maintain.
Though a great and worthy service, telemedicine may be too costly for smaller healthcare
facilities.” (Telehealth.com, 2015) Another disadvantage is lack of face to face interaction with