Telecare is an umbrella term and describes a large amount of applications and devices, with new
ones constantly released on the market. The definition of telecare is not quite clear, as telecare is
often synonymously used with tele-healthcare, tele-monitoring and tele-medicine (Barlow et al,
2006). Barlow et al. (2006) and Denz (2002) both emphasize the aspect of overcoming distance
with help of technology for services in health care. McLean et al. (2011) describe three components
of telecare: 1. The patient is providing data, such as video, electrocardiography or oxygen
saturation that gives information about the health status, 2. Information is transferred electronically
to a health care professional at a second location, 3. The health care professional uses clinical
skills and judgment to provide personalized feedback to the individual.
In the literature telecare is often distinguished from telemedicine by way of who is using the
technology: McLean et al. (2011) describe telemedicine as “technology shared over a distance
between healthcare providers”. As the technology might be the same, irrespective of its user
group, we like to define telecare as follows:
Telecare is an umbrella term and describes a large amount of applications and devices, with newones constantly released on the market. The definition of telecare is not quite clear, as telecare isoften synonymously used with tele-healthcare, tele-monitoring and tele-medicine (Barlow et al,2006). Barlow et al. (2006) and Denz (2002) both emphasize the aspect of overcoming distancewith help of technology for services in health care. McLean et al. (2011) describe three componentsof telecare: 1. The patient is providing data, such as video, electrocardiography or oxygensaturation that gives information about the health status, 2. Information is transferred electronicallyto a health care professional at a second location, 3. The health care professional uses clinicalskills and judgment to provide personalized feedback to the individual.In the literature telecare is often distinguished from telemedicine by way of who is using thetechnology: McLean et al. (2011) describe telemedicine as “technology shared over a distancebetween healthcare providers”. As the technology might be the same, irrespective of its usergroup, we like to define telecare as follows:
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