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  Telehealth: Reaching Out to Patients and Providers

  Ragan DuBose-Morris, Katherine E. Chike-Harris, Kelli Garber, Aric M. Shimek, and Kelli Stroud

  The integration of telehealth modalities into clinical, research and education systems is an evolving area of health informatics. While many of these technology concepts are not novel, their applications in today’s healthcare ecosystem provide the opportunity for the development of high-quality, secure interactions to better support patients, caregivers and their providers. Important regulatory, professional and legislative guidelines have been established to guide the development of technologies and practices across various practice settings, geographic areas and patient populations. This chapter explores telehealth applications and innovations related to service development specific to the integration of telehealth into health informatics systems and in partnership with broader healthcare teams.

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  Braving Our Blind Spots: Using a Virtual Book Discussion Group to Continue Conversations on Implicit Bias in Libraries

  Shannon Jones, Kelsa Bartley, Melissa DeSantis, Ryan Harris, Don Jason, and Dede Rios

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  Telehealth Technology, Information, and Data System Considerations

  Ragan Dubose-Morris, Michael Caputo, and Michael Haschker

  This chapter explores the specific technologies that enable telehealth services in the areas of evaluation, monitoring, consultation, treatment, and care coordination. Historical, current, and future state applications are explored through case examples as a way to demonstrate technical functionality and capabilities. The foundational underpinning of broadband networks and the technological processes supported through telehealth vendors are presented. Additional discussions present examples of established systems, areas where interoperability is functional and the need for advancements in HIT technologies to better address security protocols and validate health analytics.