You are observing the home health nurse using telehealth technology. Using your knowledge that telehealth is a form of electronic communication, what is telehealth used to deliver?
1. Chronic care and specialty consultations
2. Home telenursing
3. Electronic referrals to specialists in expert health facilities
4. Transmit health care information to people in the same geographical area
A) 1, 2
B) 1, 4
C) 2, 3
D) 3, 4
C
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