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telehealth

telehealth noun: healthcare facilitated by telecommunication technology, typically allowing a doctor or other healthcare professional to interact with a patient visually and audibly.

Noun

telehealth (uncountable)

  1. Healthcare facilitated by telecommunication technology, typically allowing a doctor or other healthcare professional to interact with a patient visually and audibly.
    • For millions of people like Poteat, pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities have made health care much more accessible.2022 April 29, Tasnim Ahmed, “Back to the doctor’s office? Here’s what’s next for telehealth after the pandemic”, in CNN
    • In 2023, WeightWatchers bought the telehealth start-up, Sequence, for $106mn.2025 May 10, “WeightWatchers blames diet drugs and social media for Chapter 11 bankruptcy”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13

Synonyms of telehealth

Origin of telehealth

From tele- + health.

Questions about telehealth

What does telehealth mean?
Telehealth means healthcare facilitated by telecommunication technology, typically allowing a doctor or other healthcare professional to interact with a patient visually and audibly.
What part of speech is telehealth?
Telehealth is a noun.

Words near telehealth in the dictionary

  1. Telegus
  2. telehandler
  3. telehandlers
  4. telehaptic
  5. telehaptics
  6. telehealth
  7. telehealthcare
  8. teleheating
  9. telehelp
  10. telehydrobarometer
  11. telehydrobarometers

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