Telehealth is the use of advanced telecommunication technology to provide health services from a distance. Though often used interchangeably with telemedicine, telehealth includes more remote services. Telemedicine is a virtual visit with your health provider. This includes visits by video chat or phone call. Telemedicine is a telehealth service. Telehealth also includes the use of remote health monitoring tools. Our providers, for example, may use remote drug screening monitoring tools for her patients in recovery for alcohol addiction or opioid addiction. Electronic communication — email, online chat, or text — between you and your provider is also a telehealth service. Our providers also uses electronic communication to submit a prescription to your pharmacy of choice.