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Telehealth

Graduate Badge

Grand Rapids • Online • 3 Credits

Telehealth is the use of digital communication technologies to provide and manage healthcare services remotely.

Overview

Grand Valley's Telehealth graduate badge is designed for professionals in nursing, health professions, or informatics, aiming to enhance their understanding of telehealth implementation. The program covers telehealth technologies, evidence-based workflows, patient care impact, and legal, ethical, and reimbursement considerations, with classes conducted online for flexibility.

The coursework includes analyzing telehealth technologies, creating interprofessional workflows, evaluating health outcomes using data analytics, and addressing considerations for vulnerable populations. These topics provide a comprehensive foundation in telehealth.

The badge enhances your education with a focused, practical learning experience that is highly marketable. Digital badges can be displayed on social media, websites, and emails, showcasing your achievements and helping you stand out in the job market.

A digital badge, or badge, is a record of achievement that recognizes a student's completion of a coherent and meaningful academic experience. GVSU offers both credit and non-credit bearing badges as digital credentials. Credit-bearing badges include anywhere from 0.5 to 15 academic credits and may include additional noncredit criteria. Credit-bearing badges are also posted to the academic transcript.

Admission Information

Applicants should hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; you must submit an official transcript from your baccalaureate degree granting institution. It is not required to be admitted to a graduate degree program to complete the badge. To start your application, click here

For current GVSU students:

  • Declare your badge via myBanner. Login to Banner Self-Service, click on Student, Student Records, Add a Certificate or Badge to your Program, Select the appropriate badge from the drop down list, and click Submit.
  • Speak with the appropriate badge coordinator to ensure criteria are being met. You will be able to track your progress toward the badge in myPath as well!
  • Once you are done with the requirements, apply to receive the badge via myBanner.
  • Once the completion of your badge has been verified, the badge will be posted to your student record and will be viewable on your transcript. In addition, your digital badge will be posted on Credly.com.

Kirkhof College of Nursing

gvsu.edu/kcon
333 Michigan St., Suite 415
(616) 331-7160

 

Career Opportunities

Apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the health care system.

Top skills
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Writing
  • Judgment and Decision Making
Earnings statistics
Annual Earnings Percentile
$ 62,343.17 10%
$ 78,234.17 25%
$ 99,592.22 50%
$120,695.29 75%
$143,253.64 90%

Apply knowledge of general preventive medicine and public health issues to promote health care to groups or individuals, and aid in the prevention or reduction of risk of disease, injury, disability, or death. May practice population-based medicine or diagnose and treat patients in the context of clinical health promotion and disease prevention.

Top skills
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Critical Thinking
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Speaking
Earnings statistics
Annual Earnings Percentile
$ 60,174.79 10%
$ 65,675.78 25%
$193,374.64 50%
$242,855.69 75%
$328,583.99 90%

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

Top skills
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Critical Thinking
  • Coordination
Earnings statistics
Annual Earnings Percentile
$ 67,052.38 10%
$ 76,642.16 25%
$ 81,498.05 50%
$ 97,617.90 75%
$102,076.79 90%

Provide individuals, families, and groups with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses. Services include advising family caregivers. Provide patients with information and counseling, and make referrals for other services. May also provide case and care management or interventions designed to promote health, prevent disease, and address barriers to access to healthcare.

Top skills
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Service Orientation
  • Speaking
  • Active Listening
  • Reading Comprehension
Earnings statistics
Annual Earnings Percentile
$ 45,717.46 10%
$ 52,133.79 25%
$ 62,862.95 50%
$ 74,658.76 75%
$ 81,752.36 90%

Counsel and advise individuals and groups to promote optimum mental and emotional health, with an emphasis on prevention. May help individuals deal with a broad range of mental health issues, such as those associated with addictions and substance abuse; family, parenting, and marital problems; stress management; self-esteem; or aging.

Top skills
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Writing
Earnings statistics
Annual Earnings Percentile
$ 34,653.04 10%
$ 38,699.78 25%
$ 55,690.13 50%
$ 67,342.73 75%
$ 86,794.31 90%

Apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the health care system.

Top skills
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Writing
  • Judgment and Decision Making
Earnings statistics
Annual Earnings Percentile
$ 62,011.13 10%
$ 79,426.21 25%
$103,314.07 50%
$133,520.92 75%
$169,962.24 90%

Apply knowledge of general preventive medicine and public health issues to promote health care to groups or individuals, and aid in the prevention or reduction of risk of disease, injury, disability, or death. May practice population-based medicine or diagnose and treat patients in the context of clinical health promotion and disease prevention.

Top skills
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Critical Thinking
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Speaking
Earnings statistics
Annual Earnings Percentile
$ 65,348.08 10%
$ 86,387.43 25%
$235,646.31 50%
$268,445.15 75%
$423,032.89 90%

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

Top skills
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Critical Thinking
  • Coordination
Earnings statistics
Annual Earnings Percentile
$ 63,347.91 10%
$ 75,643.01 25%
$ 85,887.07 50%
$104,662.21 75%
$133,151.70 90%

Provide individuals, families, and groups with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses. Services include advising family caregivers. Provide patients with information and counseling, and make referrals for other services. May also provide case and care management or interventions designed to promote health, prevent disease, and address barriers to access to healthcare.

Top skills
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Service Orientation
  • Speaking
  • Active Listening
  • Reading Comprehension
Earnings statistics
Annual Earnings Percentile
$ 41,722.96 10%
$ 50,122.08 25%
$ 62,966.41 50%
$ 78,802.31 75%
$ 98,158.24 90%

Counsel and advise individuals and groups to promote optimum mental and emotional health, with an emphasis on prevention. May help individuals deal with a broad range of mental health issues, such as those associated with addictions and substance abuse; family, parenting, and marital problems; stress management; self-esteem; or aging.

Top skills
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Writing
Earnings statistics
Annual Earnings Percentile
$ 35,677.92 10%
$ 44,319.28 25%
$ 54,401.21 50%
$ 72,010.69 75%
$ 95,527.94 90%
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