Telehealth refers to how health care providers can use technology to provide care and services. It includes live video visits (telemedicine), text reminders, educational videos, online food logs, patient portals, and online results from tests (for example, lab tests or radiology tests).
Telehealth can help families:
Health care providers can:
Video visits are also called telemedicine visits, virtual visits, or online visits. During video visits, health care providers see and talk to patients and caregivers through a mobile device, computer, or tablet.
A video visit can let them care for someone with:
They also can offer patient education in a video visit, such as showing patients how to use an asthma inhaler.
Ask your health care provider's office if they offer video visits. If they do, get set up before your child has a video visit:
If your child has a video visit at a different practice, ask them to forward the information about the visit to your usual health care provider.
Reviewed by: Amy W. Anzilotti, MD
Date Reviewed: 09-03-2020