Identifying nursing roles, responsibilities, and practices in telehealth/telemedicine.

The intent of this study was to describe the roles, responsibilities, and practices of telehealth/telemedicine nurses and to identify and validate that nurses are working in telemedicine. This brief report about nurses employed in telehealth/telemedicine proves that nurses are actively involved in the delivery of health care via telemedicine. Broad roles, responsibilities, and practices of telemedicine nurses were identified and a baseline was established for future research in telenursing. As health care continues its transformation through technology into the next century, telemedicine will continue to affect nurses. Whether these effects will create more collaborative or autonomous roles is yet to be determined.