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Mission Statement - Vision and Definition

ISfTeH Telenursing Working Group
May 28, 2008
Approved Mission / Vision and Organizing Statement

 
 
MISSION STATEMENT:
The Telenursing Working Group of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth provides a forum for dissemination of knowledge and experiences of nurses who are working with or supporting nurses using telemedicine, advanced technologies, telehealth technologies and eHealth applications.  The goal of the Telenursing Working Group is to advance the role of telenurses in order to

1. use the increased adoption of telehealth/telemedicine for nurses to collaborate across disciplines (physicians, therapists, and other health care team members) and with patients
2. export nursing knowledge and expertise using technology to those who need care, in accordance with the appropriate scope of nursing practice in the telenurses’ country
3. identify methods whereby nursing knowledge and expertise can be distributed and provided to those countries/regions that are in need of care
4. provide telenursing knowledge and expertise to vendors, healthcare organizations,  managed care organizations, research institutions,  centers of excellence, publishers and others who require nursing input into the development and dissemination of the use of advanced technologies within the healthcare arena
5. collaborate with the International Council of Nurses and other international professional nursing organizations in order to advance the use of telemedicine/telehealth technologies and eHealth in healthcare
6. collaborate and educate nurses globally via communication technologies regarding telemedicine / telehealth / and ehealth applications in caring for patients remotely, to include telephonic triage, dialogs, support and care, clinical diagnostic telemedicine applications,  store and forward diagnostic applications, EHR or NHS Care Records,  web or video-based care/applications including the use of advanced remote sensor technologies.

 
VISION:
The Telenursing Working Group is envisioned to be an international network of ISfTeH members who are nurses and nursing advocates who support the use of technologies, telehealth/telemedicine and eHealth to deliver nursing care and nursing practice remotely.   Nurses are the single largest group of healthcare providers internationally, therefore it is a critical success factor that nurses are embedded in the development, planning, implementation and management of telemedicine/ telehealth and ehealth programs and policies at all levels.  The Telenursing Working Group provides a venue for the involvement of nurses and nurse advocates in disseminating and developing needed tools, resources and interchange of information and knowledge in the fast- emerging role of telenurses.  The Telenursing Working group is envisioned to provide a voice of international collaborative expertise promoting the development, education , maintenance of telenursing and the competencies and clinical practice standards and guidelines.
 
 
TELENURSING DEFINITION:
Telenursing is the use of telemedicine (and all other telehealth) technology to deliver nursing care and conduct nursing practice (International Council of Nurses, 2007).  Telemedicine in this case is defined as tele “distance”  and mederi “healing”, which encompasses the use of telephonic, telehealth, Internet, sensors, video, remote diagnostics and/or other interactive technologies which allow interchange between patients and nurses or between nurses and other healthcare providers.
 
 
CONTACT INFORMATON:
To become a member of the ISfTeH and participate in the ISfTeH Telenursing Working Group, please contact the ISfTeH at www.isft.net .   For further information please contact the ISfTeH Telenursing Working Group CoFounders below:
 
Loretta Schlachta-Fairchild RN, PhD, FACHE
lschlachtaitelehealthinccom
 
Diane Castelli, RN, MS, MSN
dcastelliamdtelemedicinecom
 
Lois Scott RN, BScN, MN
LoisScottmckessonca
 
Bob Pyke, RN, PNP
repykeinfinionlinenet
 

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