Best practice guides

Whether you are an administrator, hospitalist, or private practitioner — learn how others in your field are using telehealth to connect with patients. Get practical recommendations on billing, strategy, and more to help understand if telehealth is right for you.

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Privacy and security for telehealth

Ensuring the privacy and security of patient health information is essential for patients to feel comfortable using telehealth.

Telehealth accreditation

Telehealth accreditation helps ensure that telehealth programs adhere to standards, evidence-based best practices, and regulations.

Telehealth and remote patient monitoring

Remote patient monitoring is the use of digital devices to monitor a patient's health.

Telehealth for American Indian and Alaska Native communities

Learn how to tailor your telehealth practice to the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

Telehealth for behavioral health care

Telebehavioral health care is increasingly being used to deliver individual therapy, online counseling, group therapy, and substance use disorder treatment in unique ways.

Telehealth and cancer care

Explore the growing practice of tele-oncology and how telehealth is being successfully used as part of an integrative plan for the treatment of cancer.

Telehealth for chronic conditions

Learn how to use telehealth to treat and manage chronic conditions, including asthma, hypertension, diabetes, migraines, and other common health conditions.

Telehealth for diabetes management

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one in every ten people in America have diabetes and an additional 96 million people are living with pre-diabetes. Telehealth and telemedicine can be effective tools to manage diabetes.

Telehealth for direct-to-consumer care

Direct-to-consumer telehealth offers patients easy access to care from the comfort of their homes.

Telehealth for emergency departments

Using telehealth technology in the emergency department can increase access to medical specialists and help protect providers and patients.

Telehealth for HIV care

Telehealth can be used to diagnose, treat, prevent and create a community wide response to HIV.

Telehealth for infants and toddlers

Find information and resources on using telehealth to improve health care access for infants and toddlers.

Telehealth for maternal health services

Find information and resources on how to use telehealth to improve maternal health care access.

Telehealth for older adults

Learn how to adapt a practice using telehealth for the needs of older patients.

Telehealth for oral health

Telehealth can enhance oral health care by enabling remote consultations and assessments.

Telehealth for physical therapy

Both patients and providers can benefit from the increased flexibility, evolving technologies, and ground-breaking tools being leveraged in the growing practice of tele-physical therapy.

Telehealth for rural areas

Telehealth can be a critical bridge for the gaps in health care that affect rural patients. Learn how to start or expand a telehealth program to provide care to rural patients, as well as tasks such as creating a business plan and troubleshooting technology barriers.