Telehealth

Telehealth

Telehealth is a great way to access medical care without leaving your home. It allows you to connect with qualified healthcare professionals from home while still receiving quality care. Telehealth makes it easier and more convenient for customers to obtain medical advice, diagnosis, and treatment quickly and safely. With telehealth services, you can save time by avoiding long waits at the doctor’s office or hospital visits; plus, no transportation costs are involved in accessing these services.

Key terms in plain language

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Broadband

A general term for always-on, high-speed Internet access. Broadband can be delivered over fiber, cable, DSL, fixed wireless, cellular, or satellite networks.

Cloud Computing

Computing resources—such as applications, servers, storage, or databases—delivered from remote infrastructure and scaled as requirements change.

Cybersecurity

The practices and controls used to protect identities, devices, networks, applications, and data from unauthorized access, disruption, or manipulation.

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

The systems and policies that determine who a user is, what resources they may access, and how that access is authenticated and reviewed.

API

An application programming interface is a defined way for software systems to exchange data or request functions from one another.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Software designed to perform tasks involving prediction, classification, generation, reasoning, or decision support. Business use still requires clear data, governance, security, and human accountability.