Pros And Cons Of Telehealth

Telehealth is not a new concept. It was first anticipated in 1924 as a fantasy in a Radio News Magazine. Today it is a reality. Even more, implementation of telehealth is becoming a necessity due to increasing aging population and high healthcare costs. What is telehealth? On a federal level, telehealth is defined as “the use of technology to deliver health care, health information or health education at a distance.”
A journalist P. Hunter discusses “telehealth in the iPhone age” (Hunter, 2015). He presents an overview of the topic referring to international cases. The author is unbiased and shows pros and cons of telehealth supporting by references to some research data.
There is an evidence that telehealth can improve healthcare disparity

in rural underserved areas. At the same time lack of access to a high-speed Internet connection in such areas makes it impossible. The main keywords of the article are telehealth, aging population, remote health care.
The article is useful for the general overview of pros and cons of telehealth and analyzing the options of making telehealth possible and affordable. The author concludes that benefits of telehealth outweigh possible shortcomings and rapidly increased research will help to overcome resistance in implementing it and bring down the cost of equipment.
The generalization and broad overview of the issue make this article a useful source to introduce our topic of research and helps to shape the argument.