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Is telehealth going mainstream? After the 2017 Northeast Regional Telehealth Conference, it seems like that's exactly where organizations want to go! Nearly 170 clinicians, administrators, telehealth directors/managers/coordinators, payers, government agencies, and others attended our 3rd annual Regional Conference to learn about best practices and innovation, network with colleagues, and identify opportunities to advance their telehealth programs. Check out some of the conference headlines as covered by mHealth Intelligence:
Following the conference, we're excited to announce the official launch of the Northeast Telehealth Leadership Forum to foster collaborative problem solving across the region (see below for more information)! There are also a variety of other great events this summer and fall posted at www.netrc.org.
As always, please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or requests for resources.
Sincerely,
The NETRC Team
1-800-379-2021
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The
NETRC is
establishing the Northeast Telehealth Leadership Forum to foster
collaborative problem solving
with stakeholders throughout New England, New York, and New Jersey.
Goals of the Forum:
- Promote ongoing networking among local telehealth directors/managers/coordinators, clinicians, government agencies, payers, and other stakeholders.
- Facilitate dynamic conversations to identify solutions to shared challenges.
- Collaboratively engage external partners to raise awareness of telehealth's potential to increase access, decrease costs, and much more.
- Leverage our collective knowledge, testimonials, best practices, data, and resources to support change.
Complete our survey today to receive an invitation to our first virtual meeting in July!
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Telehealth Policy Updates
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Telehealth policy continues to evolve across the northeast. Massachusetts and New Jersey consider passing their first substantial legislation, while several other states are revisiting and updating existing laws.
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Gov. Scott signing Act 64 |
The most notable regional update this month comes from
Vermont
, wher
e
Governor Phil Scott signed Act 64 on June 7 at the University of Vermont Medical Center.
This act
requires commercial health insurance plans and Medicaid to cover health care services delivered through telemedicine, regardless of whether the patient is in a health care facility, at home, at work, or anywhere else. It maintains a requirement that the telemedicine connection be secure and that it comply with federal health privacy laws. The act requires a health care provider delivering health care services through telemedicine to obtain and document a patient's oral or written informed consent before delivering services to the patient and prohibits health care providers and patients from recording their telemedicine consultations.
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Thank you to all of those who helped make the 2017 Northeast Regional Telehealth Conference a success!
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"Excellent, concise,
knowledgeable presenters"
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"Keynote was amazing!" |
"The conference was a GREAT opportunity for networking"
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"Really good people with lots of helpful information"
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"One of the better ones I've attended"
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"See you next year!"
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mHealth Intelligence, June 20, 2017
An amended version of Assembly Bill 1464 removes, after three years, language about establishing the doctor-patient relationship...
mHealth Intelligence, June 14, 2017
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Maine is using telemedicine to give its ER patients an instant link to mental health counselors...
Healthcare Informatics, June 13, 2017
The NQF issued a report that outlines a measure framework and guiding principles for future telehealth measurement and is requesting public comments by June 30...
VTDigger, June 7, 2017
Governor Phil Scott signed a bill into law designed to expand the use of telemedicine in Vermont, which goes into effect October 1...
mHealth Intelligence, May 31, 2017
Telepsychiatry is one of the fastest-growing applications of telehealth due to cheaper but effective solutions for videoconferencing and improvements in reimbursement policies...
WHEC, May 29, 2017
Parkinson's Disease Care New York, led by Dr. Ray Dorsey at the University of Rochester Medical Center, is offering free telemedicine visits for at least one year...
mHealth Intelligence, May 25, 2017
The American Hospital Association and the American Medical Informatics Association are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to make changes to the Rural Health Care plan...
mHealth Intelligence, May 18, 2017
Bassett Healthcare now has the resources and infrastructure to offer video-based telehealth consults to rural New York schoolchildren...
NEJM Catalyst, May 16, 2017
Beginning in early 2015, the NYP
Innovation Center
and NYP Ventures groups oversaw the creation of NYP OnDemand along the six dimensions of their innovation stack...
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Recently Discovered Telehealth Resources
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Arkwright B, Jones J, Osborne T, Glorioso G, Russo, J. Telehealth Governance: An Essential Tool to Empower Today's Healthcare Leaders. Telehealth and Medicine Today. May 2017
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Aylward BS, Nelson TD, Hommel KA. Realizing the potential for digital health technology in behavioral medicine.
J. Mob. Tech. Med. 6(1):46-48, 2017
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Bruyneel M. Technical developments and clinical use of telemedicine in sleep medicine.
J. Clin. Med. 5(12): 116, 2016
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Daskivich LP, Vasquez C, Martinez C Jr, Tseng CH, Mangione CM. Implementation and evaluation of a large-scale teleretinal diabetic retinopathy screening program in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. JAMA Intern. Med. [epub ahead of print], March 2017
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Demaerschalk BM, Berg J, Chong BW, et al. American Telemedicine Association: Telestroke guidelines. T
elemed. eHealth 23(5): 376-389, 2017
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Edirippulige S, Armfield NR, Greenup P, Bryett A. Telehealth coordinators in hospital based telehealth services: Who are they and what do they do?
J. Telemed. Telecare 22(8):447-452, 2016
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Hanlon H, Daines L, Campbell C, et al. Telehealth interventions to support self-management of long-term conditions: a systematic metareview of diabetes, heart failure, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancer.
J. Med. Internet Res 19(5):e172, 2017
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Horton MB, Silva PS, Cavallerano JD, Aiello LP. Operational components of telemedicine programs for diabetic retinopathy.
Curr. Diab. Rep. 16(12):128, 2016.
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Iribarren SJ, Cato K, Falzon L, Stone PW. What is the economic evidence for mHealth? A systematic review of economic evaluations of mHealth solutions. PLoS One 12(2):e0170581, 2017
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Kruse CS, Soma M, Pulluri D, Nemali NT, Brooks M. The effectiveness of telemedicine in the management of chronic heart disease - a systematic review.
JRSM Open 8(3):2054270416681747, 2017
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Lacktman NM. Telemedicine prescribing and controlled substances laws. Health Care Law Today, April 3, 2017
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Madore A, Rosenberg J, Weintraub R. Project ECHO: Expanding the capacity of primary care providers to address complex conditions. Cases in Global Health Delivery, Harvard Medical School, March, 2017
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Marcin JP, Shaikh U, Steinhorn RH. Addressing health disparities in rural communities using telehealth.
Nature 76(1): 169-176, 2016
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Nocella JM, Dickson VV, Cleland CM, Melkus GD. Structure, process, and outcomes of care in a telemonitoring program for patients with type 2 diabetes.
Patient Related Outcome Meas. 7:19-28, 2016
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Reach Health, Inc. 2017 U.S. Telemedicine Industry Benchmark Survey, April 2017
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van Houweling CTN, Moerman AH, Ettema RGA, Kort HSM, ten Cate O. Competencies required for nursing telehealth activities: A Delphi-study. Nursing Education Today 39: 50-62, 2016
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Whited JD. Summary of the status of teledermatology research. Teledermatology Special Interest Group, American Telemedicine Association, 2016
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