Mga Kahulugan ng Telehealth
Asynchronous na tindahan at pasulong:
The transmission of a patient’s medical information from an originating site to the health care provider at a distant site without the presence of the patient. (Business and Professions Code section 2290.5(a)(1))
Malayong site:
A site where a health care provider who provides health care services is located while providing these services via a telecommunications system. (Business and Professions Code section 2290.5(a)(2))
E-Consults:
Asynchronous health record consultation services that provide an assessment and management service in which the patient’s treating health care practitioner (i.e., attending or primary) requests the opinion and/or treatment advice of another health care practitioner (i.e., consultant) with specific specialty expertise to assist in the diagnosis and/or management of the patient’s health care needs without patient face-to-face contact with the consultant. E-consults between health care providers are designed to offer a coordinated multidisciplinary case reviews, advisory opinions, and recommendations of care. (Medi-Cal Provider Manual: Telehealth)
Bayad sa pinanggalingan ng site:
Isang halaga na binayaran sa pinagmulan ng site kapag nagbibigay ng serbisyo sa pamamagitan ng dalawang-paraan, real-time na interactive na komunikasyon o tindahan at pasulong, kapag sinisingil gamit ang HCPCS Code Q3014. (Medi-Cal Provider Manual: Telehealth)
Provider ng pangangalagang pangkalusugan:
A person who is licensed under Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, an associate marriage and family therapist, a qualified autism service provider or qualified autism service professional, an associate clinical social worker, an associate professional clinical counselor. (Business and Professions Code section 2290.5(a)(3))
Interactive na sistema ng telekomunikasyon:
Multimedia communications equipment that includes, at a minimum, audio and video equipment permitting two-way, real time interactive communication between the patient and distant site physician or practitioner. Telephones, facsimile machines, and electronic mail systems do not meet the definition of an interactive telecommunications system. (Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 410.78 (a)(3))
Pinagmulang site:
A site where a patient is located at the time health care services are provided via telehealth, including video or audio-only visits, or where the asynchronous store and forward service originates. (Business and Professions Code section 2290.5(a)(4))
Kasabay na pakikipag-ugnayan:
Isang real-time na pakikipag-ugnayan sa pagitan ng isang pasyente at isang tagapagbigay ng pangangalagang pangkalusugan na matatagpuan sa isang malayong lugar. (Kodigo sa Negosyo at Propesyon seksyon 2290.5(a)(5)) Ang isang kasabay na pakikipag-ugnayan ay maaaring maging isang audio-only na kasabay na pakikipag-ugnayan o isang video na kasabay na pakikipag-ugnayan:
Audio-only na kasabay na pakikipag-ugnayan:
Isang real-time na pakikipag-ugnayan sa pagitan ng isang pasyente at tagapagbigay ng pangangalagang pangkalusugan na isinasagawa lamang sa pamamagitan ng audio (hal., telepono, tawag sa internet nang walang video).
Video synchronous na pakikipag-ugnayan:
Isang real-time na pakikipag-ugnayan sa pagitan ng isang pasyente at tagapagbigay ng pangangalagang pangkalusugan na isinasagawa sa pamamagitan ng isang interactive na platform ng teknolohiya na kinabibilangan ng parehong audio at visual na mga kakayahan.
Telehealth:
The mode of delivering health care services and public health via information and communication technologies to facilitate the diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education, care management, and self-management of a patient’s health care. Telehealth facilitates patient self-management and caregiver support for patients and includes synchronous interactions and asynchronous store and forward transfers. (Telehealth includes telemedicine.) (Business and Professions Code section 2290.5(a)(6))
Mga bayarin sa paghahatid:
Ang mga gastos sa paghahatid na natamo mula sa pagbibigay ng mga serbisyo sa telehealth sa pamamagitan ng audio/video na komunikasyon ay maaaring bayaran kapag sinisingil gamit ang HCPCS code T1014 (telehealth transmission, bawat minuto, propesyonal na serbisyo bill nang hiwalay). (Medi-Cal Provider Manual: Telehealth)