Creating an Asynchronous Telehealth Simulation for Advance Nursing Practice Students

The COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns affected both the delivery method for health care and higher education. These lockdowns facilitated the adoption and utilization of telehealth following the initial surge of the novel coronavirus for health care. Privately insured telehealth medical claims nationally increased over 8,000% and nearly half of Medicare primary care visits were provided via telehealth by April 2020 (Assistant  Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 2020; FAIR Health, 2020). Telehealth is the use of telecommunication technologies, such as video conferencing, to provide “long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public and health administration” (Health  Resources and Services Administration, 2019, para.

Source: Clinical Simulation in Nursing - December 11, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Christina Lattner, Donna Badowski, Dorothy Otremba, John Gieger, Jes Klass Tags: Innovations in Simulation Source Type: research