eDevelopment Solutions can assist your organization in developing the safety and quality of your Telehealth Services.

The ISO TC 215 Health Informatics Committee has developed a technical specification ISO/TS 13131-Health informatics — Telehealth services — Quality planning guidelines that can assist organisations improve the quality and sustainability of their Telehealth services.

Telehealth is the use of information and communications technologies to deliver healthcare and transmit health information over both long and short distances. Telehealth is a form of care provision that extends the reach of care, reduces the need for care recipient or client travel and mobility, supports choice in healthcare service delivery, preventative care, individual self-care and may also increase the efficiency of care.

Telehealth services may include telemedicine and mHealth services. Telehealth also includes ICT applications that support a wider set of activities including educational and administrative use.

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