Podcasts Health & Fitness Medicine The AJN Podcast Interview with Janet Grady, author of Telehealth: A Case Study in Disruptive Innovation (April, 2014)

Interview with Janet Grady, author of Telehealth: A Case Study in Disruptive Innovation (April, 2014)

Published: March 28, 2014, 9:06 p.m.

b'\\nTelehealth (using technology and communications to provide care over long distances) is gaining in use as it contributes to increasing access to care and lowering cost by promoting out-of-hospital care and reducing readmissions. But because it\\u2019s new and unfamiliar, adoption may be slow or even resisted by some. Author Janet Grady discusses with AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy the important role telehealth is playing in care and offers a view of how it can be incorporated by nurses as a new tool to provide high quality care.'