Week 7 Telehealth
System Action Plan
Consider the following scenario. You are in a rural
community that lacks specialty care practices and providers. The practice where
you work is going to become part of a statewide telehealth system linking
specialty care to community-based clinics throughout the state. Your clinic
will be linked to a large major public school academic health center that is
part of a state initiative.
You and your colleagues have pushed to establish a statewide
network of telehealth knowing that it will make a considerable difference in
the quality of care your patients receive. However, there is a lot of work to
do related to its implementation and effective use. The physicians you work
with want to control the process, but they want you to do the background work.
You need a plan that includes working with your physician colleagues and other
staff that also recognizes your leadership role because you will be the liaison
to other clinics and the academic health centers statewide.
Write an action plan detailing how you plan to complete this
task. Your action plan should be one to two pages in length, not including the
title and reference pages and composed in APA format. Make sure to cite at
least two scholarly sources to support your plan. Examples of scholarly sources
include professional journal articles and books obtained from library
databases, national guidelines, and informatics organizations, published within
the last five years.
