August 13-19, 2017
August 2017 - In This Issue:
In the News
How Alexa's Best Skill Could Be as a Home Health-Care Assistant
--CNBC

"Yvonne Meyer is no Luddite. The 81-year-old not only uses a computer; she gave up her landline for a cellphone long ago. Still, she was skeptical when her home health aides gave her an Amazon Echo Dot to try."


 Trump Promotes Technology to Improve Veterans' Health Care
--ABC News

" President  Donald Trump  announced new efforts Thursday to use technology to improve veterans' health care, saying the programs will greatly expand access, especially for mental health care and suicide prevention. Veterans living in rural areas will also benefit, he said."

Click here to read the full article.
More and More Businesses are Offering Telehealth Services as an Employee Benefit
--Medcity News

"Telehealth is no longer an anomaly  - it's becoming ubiquitous, even among large companies.

A new  study from the National Business Group on Health took a closer look at the healthcare benefits big businesses are offering their employees."

Telehealth Counseling Study Shows Value Against In-Person Visits
--Tech Target

"A new study is reportedly one of the first to prove that telehealth counseling is just as good as in-person counseling for genetic test results."

PCC News & Events
6th Annual Telehealth Summit

Palmetto Care Connections invites you to join healthcare leaders and providers across the state of South Carolina to discuss telehealth updates and policies. The 6th Annual Telehealth Summit of SC will be at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, SC. 

***Call for Presentations Coming Soon***

We Will Miss You, Trayce!
Join Palmetto Care Connections in wishing Trayce Shanks, RN, the best on her new journey as she and her husband relocate to Texas. She has been a part of the PCC Team since January 2015 as the Clinical Telehealth Coordinator. We will miss her dearly. 

Help Welcome Joni!
Palmetto Care Connections welcomes Joni Brown to the PCC Team as the Technology Analyst. Joni will work twith PCC's Technology Director, Matt Hiatt.
FREE Telehealth Policy Webinar


Click on the links below to register:

August 16, 2017
August 23, 2017

 SC Telehealth Inventory
Palmetto Care Connections has a
map of existing telehealth services and providers in South Carolina. It is time for our annual update. If your telehealth program has expanded, please email Davia Smith at davias@palmettocareconnections.org. Thank you!
Upcoming Events
 
"On August 21, our nation will experience its first total solar eclipse in a generation. Emergency managers are planning for an estimated influx of more than one million visitors into South Carolina for several days on either side of the eclipse. Expect nearly everything to be above capacity for nearly a week total. Residents, businesses and visitors should all be prepared for this historic event by keeping safety in mind."

Have a plan for what you will do and where you will be for the #SolarEclipse2017:www.scemd.org/TotalEclipse 

Source: SC Emergency Management Division



A special thank you to our partners for working with us to improve the health of South Carolina through telemedicine. 


    
 
 

Any new announcements, updates, expansions, or changes? Email Davia Smith at davias@palmettocareconnections.org . We will highlight your organization in our Partner Updates. 

Thanks!