Tunstall starts to stake a claim to the terminology ‘highground’ with the promotion of the term ‘telehealthcare’ to indicate the interconnectedness of telehealth and telecare. Tunstall press release reproduced by eHealth Insider.
Will it catch on? Or does it add confusion rather than clarity? What do you think? Read the item then participate in this poll. After you vote you will be able to see whether other people agree with you.
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It strikes me that from a patient’s perspective it is just Healthcare or Social Care. How we professionals see fit to deliver it is just an operational detail. Arguably, we will know that the “tele” technologies are mainstream when they are singled out for nomenclature as rarely as the different types of mobile phone? We are a technology supplier, so we don’t say this lightly, but this sort of technology is an enabler not a means of care in itself.