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. 2014 Sep 3;6(1):29-35.
doi: 10.5195/ijt.2014.6148. eCollection 2014 Spring.

Telehealth: a rapidly developing service delivery model for occupational therapy

Jana Cason  1
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Telehealth: a rapidly developing service delivery model for occupational therapy

Jana Cason. Int J Telerehabil. .

Abstract

Over the past decade, the practice of occupational therapy has been increasingly influenced by technological advances in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and associated changes in health care policy. Emergent from this evolution is the application of telehealth to deliver occupational therapy services to a client who is in a different physical location than the provider. This article furnishes an overview of the evidence for telehealth use in occupational therapy, discusses key policy considerations, and provides resources to guide practitioners in the ethical use of telehealth.

Keywords: Licensure portability; occupational therapy; telehealth; telerehabilitation.

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