 Innovations- a new method, idea, product,

 tel·e·health- the provision of healthcare remotely by means of telecommunications technology.

 tel·e·med·i·cine- the remote diagnosis and treatment of patients by means of

telecommunications technology.

 Differentiate the telemedicine and telehealth

 In general terms, telemedicine is considered the clinical application of technology, while

telehealth encompasses a broader, consumer-facing approach – “a collection of means or
methods, not a specific clinical service, to enhance care delivery and education,” according to the
federal network of telehealth resource centers.

 “While ‘telemedicine’ has been more commonly used in the past, ‘telehealth’ is a more universal
term for the current broad array of applications in the field,” the TRC network states in its online
resource guide. “Its use crosses most health service disciplines, including dentistry, counseling,
physical therapy and home health, and many other domains. Further, telehealth practice has
expanded beyond traditional diagnostic and monitoring activities to include consumer and
professional education. Note that while a connection exists between health information
technology (HIT), health information exchange (HIE) and telehealth, neither HIE nor HIT are
considered to be telehealth.”

 An information system (IS) is an organized systemfor the collection, organization, storage

and communication of information. More specifically, it is the study of complementary
networks that people and organizations use to collect, filter, process, create and distribute
data.

 What is eHealth? eHealth is a broad term, and refers to the use of information and
communications technologies in healthcare.

eHealth applications come in a wide variety of application uses, devices, form factors and more.eHealth can
include electronic health records (EHR) or electronic medical records (EMR) providers and software
systems, such as EPIC EMR, along with mHealth applications such as Apple's new Healthkit and Health
application.

 mHealth (also written as m-health) is an abbreviation for mobile health, a term used for the
practice of medicine and public health supported by mobiledevices.

In·ter·net
 a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication
facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized
communication protocols.
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