A patient is seeing a counselor in a distant city through the use of technology for the purposes of evaluation and treatment. The BEST term to describe this is ________.
e-care
m-health
teletherapy
telementoring
Ans) telementoring
Explaination:
- Telemonitoring, is defined as the use of information technology to monitor patients at a distance.
- Telemonitoring allows reduction of chronic disease complications thanks to a better follow-up; provides health care services without using hospital beds; and reduces patient travel, time off from work, and overall costs.
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