Technology and communication Flashcards
(22 cards)
what is australias national digital health strategy?
- increasing accessibility of health information
- ensuring communication via secure digital channels
- innovative promotion
define telehealth
- refers to the use of digital communication technologies to deliver health services when clinician and patient are not in the same location
who can use telehealth?
- all registered health practitioners, provided it is safe and clinically appropriate.
what are the key drivers of telehealth in australia?
- ageing population with greater healthcare needs
- growing demand for flexible, efficient care delivery
what is increasing use of technology leading to?
- online intake forms, screening surveys and questionnaires
how does digital health improve accessibility?
- improves equity of access
- helps address limited availability
- reduces travel time and burden
- alleviates feelings of isolation
what are the key issues in telehealth?
- digital divide (low income households, rural areas)
- digital literacy challenges
- language and cultural barriers
- deaf or vision impairment
- housing instability
what are the benefits of telehealth?
-comfort and emotional safety
- inclusion of caregivers & community representatives
- increased autonomy
- contextual understanding for behavioural change
what are the communication challenges?
- loss of communication and trust
- limited nonverbal cues
- difficulty expressing themselves
- changes to informal communication
- preference for visual engagement
what is online disinhibition?
- refers to when people say or do things that they would unlikely do in face to face interactions
what is benign disinhibition?
- people may open up more share emotions
what is toxic inhibition?
- may involve rude, aggressive or inappropriate behaviour due to a lack of accountability
what are limitations to telehealth?
- technological risk
- misdiagnosis or missed cues
- professional boundaries or scope
- client fatigue
what are the reasons for burnout in clinicians?
- increased screen time
- lack of training
- policies and guidelines are incomplete
- risk management
what are time sensitive risks?
- if a client is at risk of harm, location and emergency protocols need to be clarified.
what is the transformative impact of AI in healthcare?
- revolutionising medical fields like:
- imaging, EMRs, treatment planning.
what are the benefits of AI?
-Improved accuracy and efficiency, more focused clinicians, faster documentation, supports telehealth
what are the concerns of AI?
- privacy and data security, informed consent, bias and equity, misinterpretation and errors
what is the Woebot?
- gives two way communication
- increases access and improves business outcomes
why do we appreciate the Woebot?
- greater accessibility
- stigma reduction
- send intervention
- enhanced outcomes
what does it mean by the risk of biased algorithms?
- implications for mental health (history of biased research) AI may scale up inequities
what is AIs impact on the environment?
- high energy use
- water demand
- hardware footprint
- rapid scaling
