1. After reading class content: answer the following questions
What are some of the Major economic issues and trends driving healthcare changes?
· How health care is paid for
· How economic issues affect nursing practice?
· Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA): prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities by removing barriers that might prevent the same opportunities available to persons without disabilities. Elaborate
2. Consider yourselves members of an interdisciplinary team formed to facilitate the development of a telehealth program at a local hospital.
Research current guides, obstacles, and best practices related to the four components of the B.E.L.T. framework.
Reliable and current information can be found online at the Telehealth Resource Centers (www.telehealthresourcecenters.org)and the American Telemedicine Association (www. americantelemed.org).
