Definitions

Telehealth. The use of telecommunications and information technology to electronically exchange medical information from one site to another at different physical locations, whether synchronously or asynchronously, in order to aid a health care practitioner in the diagnosis or treatment of a client.  Telehealth encompasses telemedicine, store-and-forward, and telemonitoring.  The term also includes audio-only services for the delivery of individual behavioral health services for an established client when appropriate, and crisis management and intervention for an established client as allowed by federal law.

Telehealth consultation. Any contact between a client and a health care practitioner relating to the health care diagnosis or treatment of such client through telehealth. For the purposes of telehealth services, a consultation includes any service delivered through telehealth.

Telemedicine. The use of two-way, real-time interactive audiovisual technology by a health care practitioner at a distant site to deliver services to a client at an originating site.

SOURCE: NE Admin. Code Title 471 Ch. 47, Sec. 002, (Accessed Mar. 2026).

Telehealth means the use of medical information electronically exchanged from one site to another, whether synchronously or asynchronously, to aid a health care practitioner in the diagnosis or treatment of a patient.  Telehealth includes

• Services originating from a patient’s home or any other location where such patient is located,
• Asynchronous services involving the acquisition and storage of medical information at one site that is then forwarded to or retrieved by a health care practitioner at another site for medical evaluation, and
• Telemonitoring.

Telehealth also includes audio-only services for the delivery of individual behavioral health services for an established patient, when appropriate, or crisis management and intervention for an established patient as allowed by federal law;

Telehealth consultation means any contact between a patient and a health care practitioner relating to the health care diagnosis or treatment of such patient through telehealth; and

Telemonitoring means the remote monitoring of a patient’s vital signs, biometric data, or subjective data by a monitoring device which transmits such data electronically to a health care practitioner for analysis and storage.

SOURCE: NE Rev. Statute, 71-8503 (Accessed Mar. 2026).

Teledentistry is the use of technology, including digital radiographs, digital photos and videos, and electronic health records, to facilitate delivery of oral healthcare and oral health education services from a provider in one location to a patient in a physically different location. Teledentistry is to be used for the purposes of evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment.

SOURCE: NE Admin Code Title 471, Ch. 6, Sec. 002.06. (Accessed Mar. 2026).