Telehealth is utilized across numerous medical specialties and a wide range of health and allied health professions. The American Medical Association has published a paper titled Telehealth Use Across Medical Specialties which offers an insightful overview of various common and effective applications.
- The American College of Emergency Physicians has created a Telehealth Section to serve as a resource center for integrating telehealth into current systems. The work of members of the Section include:
- HHS has a Best Practice Guide on Telehealth Practices for Emergency Departments.
- The American Telemedicine Association Acute and Critical Care SIG has created a number of resources for its participating members.
- HHS has a Best Practice Guide on Telehealth for Maternal Health Services
- The American Telemedicine Association Ocular Health SIG has created a number of resources for its participating members.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics has developed a number of resources that provide very practical assistance with the implementation of telehealth, including a Toolkit on Promoting Telehealth.
- The AAP also has a Section on Telehealth Care as a forum for pediatricians and other health care prvoiders interested in collecting, analyzing, discussing and disseminating current practices and charting new directions for pediatric telehealth care through education, research, advocacy and policy development.
- SPROUT is a multicentered collaborative research network dedicated to establishing an evidence base for pediatric telehealth.
- The American Academy of Family Physicians has developed a number of resources that provide very practical assistance with telehealth, including sections on Telehealth Basics, Workflow and Operations, and Billing and Coding.
- The American Academy of Dermatology Association has developed patient facing materials about Digital Health including information about apps, making a telemedicine appointment and more.
- The American Telemedicine Association Teledermatology SIG has created a number of resources, including practice guidelines, quick guides and photography guides.
- The American Academy of Dermatology Association has developed patient facing materials about Digital Health including information about apps, making a telemedicine appointment and more.
- The American Telemedicine Association Teledermatology SIG has created a number of resources, including practice guidelines, quick guides and photography guides.
- The National Coordinating Center for the Regional Genetics Networks has created a database of Telegenetics Resources to support patients and providers using telegenetics.
- The American Medical Assocation, as part of its Telehealth/virtual care framework resources, has created a Scenario for Tele-Intensive Care Units.
- The American Association of Critical-Case Nurses has developed a Tele-critical Care Nursing Consensus Statement for registered users.
- The American Academy of Neurology has created a compendium of telehealth resources for its members, including a Guide to Practicing Teleneurology.
- HHS has a Best Practice Guide on Telehealth and Cancer Care.
- The Advisory Board has developed Your How-To Guide for Implementing a Virtual Nursing Program.
