Telehealth Is Transforming Health Care: What You Need to Know to Practice Telenutrition

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Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Information The Continuing Professional Education (CPE) quiz for this article is available for free to Academy members through the MyCDRGo app (available for iOS and Android devices) and through www.jandonline.org (click on “CPE” in the menu and then “Academy Journal CPE Articles”). Log in with your Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or Commission on Dietetic Registration username and password, click “Journal Article Quiz” on the next page, then click the “Additional Journal CPE quizzes” button to view a list of available quizzes. Non-members may take CPE quizzes by sending a request to [email protected] . There is a fee of $45 per quiz (includes quiz and copy of article) for non-member Journal CPE. CPE quizzes are valid for 1 year after the issue date in which the articles are published. “Telehealth is the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, and public health and health administration,” according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Academy) Definition of Terms List. 1 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Practicing telehealth. Definition of terms list. Reviewed April 2018. https://www.eatrightpro.org/practice/practice-resources/telehealth/practicing-telehealth. Accessed July 7, 2019. Google Scholar Telehealth communication tools may include video conferencing, e-mail, and mobile or app-enabled technology, as well as store-and-forward or asynchronous technologies that securely transmit clinical information (data, image, sound, and video) collected from wearable devices or by other sources for the purpose of clinical evaluation. The Continuing Professional Education (CPE) quiz for this article is available for free to Academy members through the MyCDRGo app (available for iOS and Android devices) and through www.jandonline.org (click on “CPE” in the menu and then “Academy Journal CPE Articles”). Log in with your Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or Commission on Dietetic Registration username and password, click “Journal Article Quiz” on the next page, then click the “Additional Journal CPE quizzes” button to view a list of available quizzes. Non-members may take CPE quizzes by sending a request to [email protected] . There is a fee of $45 per quiz (includes quiz and copy of article) for non-member Journal CPE. CPE quizzes are valid for 1 year after the issue date in which the articles are published. T. Peregrin is an editor and writer for a Chicago-based medical association and a freelance writer in Chicago, IL.