Nebraska Statutes 38-120.01. Telehealth, defined
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Telehealth means the use of medical information electronically exchanged from one site to another, whether synchronously or asynchronously, to aid a credential holder in the diagnosis or treatment of a patient. Telehealth includes services originating from a patient’s home or any other location where such patient is located, asynchronous services involving the acquisition and storage of medical information at one site that is then forwarded to or retrieved by a credential holder at another site for medical evaluation, and telemonitoring.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 38-120.01
- Credential: means a license, certificate, or registration. See Nebraska Statutes 38-113
- Telehealth: means the use of medical information electronically exchanged from one site to another, whether synchronously or asynchronously, to aid a credential holder in the diagnosis or treatment of a patient. See Nebraska Statutes 38-120.01
- Telemonitoring: means the remote monitoring of a patient's vital signs, biometric data, or subjective data by a monitoring device which transmits such data electronically to a credential holder for analysis and storage. See Nebraska Statutes 38-120.02