From csbritain at gmail.com Mon Jan 14 14:38:19 2013 From: csbritain at gmail.com (Catherine Britain) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:38:19 -0800 Subject: [TAO] Telehealth Alliance of Oregon Annual Meeting and Summit - CALL for PAPERS! Message-ID: Good Morning! For the first time in TAO's Summit history, we are issuing a call for papers for three of our Summit sessions. Telehealth is growing by leaps and bounds in Oregon, and we believe that you have much to share with your colleagues. Do you have a program or an application that you'd like to share? Please consider offering your experience and expertise to our Summit on April 11 and 12th. Just read over the information below and fill out the attached form for consideration. Please forward this email to others you think might be interested. Best, Cathy *Telehealth Alliance of Oregon* *Annual Meeting and Summit* *April 11 ? 12, Springfield, Oregon* * * *Call for Presentations* * * The Telehealth Alliance of Oregon (TAO) is seeking presentations for its seventh annual meeting and summit in Springfield, Oregon, April 11 and 12, 2013. This year?s conference theme is *Telehealth in Oregon?s Evolving Health Care System: Working Together to Create a New Continuum of Care. *We are looking for presentations in three categories - telehealth in health promotion and disease prevention; telehealth in the acute care setting; and telehealth in chronic disease management. If you are unsure which category your presentation might best fit into, leave the category selection blank and the selection committee will best determine the fit. Anyone/organization with expertise and/or experience in these categories is invited to submit an abstract. Abstracts will be reviewed by the members of the summit planning committee to ensure the integrity and relevance of their content. Consideration will be given to all abstracts, but preference will be given to those that most closely align with the summit theme of creating a new continuum of care. *How to Submit an Abstract* *Complete the abstract submission form.** *This form requests the following information: 1. contact information 2. title of presentation 3. type of presentation: individual or group 4. brief bios of all presenters 5. list of three objectives and/or takeaways for the presentation 6. an abstract narrative (500 words or less) *Submit the form via email to csbritain@ gmail.org.* * * *The submission deadline is February 8, 2013.* * * *Selection Criteria* 1. Abstracts must be submitted using the abstract submission form. The TAO summit planning committee is responsible for reviewing and selecting abstracts for presentations. Notices of acceptance will be sent by February 15, 2013. 2. Submissions will be reviewed and scored according to the guidelines that follow. *Merit*: What value will this presentation bring to the summit? From the narrative description, is the work conceptual, in progress or will it be completed by the time of the meeting? How long has the service, program or project been underway? *Clarity of Abstract*: Is the abstract description well written? Does it clearly, concisely and logically convey the intent of the presentation and support the title, background, objectives, takeaways and conclusions? Innovation: Would this presentation add to the attendees? knowledge? Has the information been presented before at a TAO Summit? *Relevance to Subject Area*: Are the topics timely and relevant to the activities, initiatives or direction of the category? Will this topic be of interest to the summit attendees? *Non-Promotional/Commercial in Nature*: Is this proposal educational rather than commercial in nature? Proposals that are written in a manner that promotes a product, company, or service will not be considered for presentation. * * *Other Important Information* 1. All presentations are 25 minutes in length including Q&A. 2. Abstracts must be received by midnight on February 8, 2013. 3. Upon notification, speakers will have one week to confirm participation in the summit. 4. Power Point slides, video clips, etc. may be used sparingly to augment your presentation. A laptop and projector will be available in the meeting room. 5. All accepted abstracts will be published on the TAO website and in the summit program. 6. Summit registration fees will be waived for presenters. -- Catherine S. 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This year's Summit will be held at the Holiday Inn in Springfield, Oregon, April 11 and 12. Please plan on attending the Summit and watch this listserv for information about registration. If you need the Call for Papers documents, they are attached to this message. Please contact me if you have questions. Best, Cathy -- Catherine S. Britain, Project Director Telehealth Alliance of Oregon csbritain at gmail.com 541-910-7366 www.ortelehealth.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: TAO Call for papers.doc Type: application/msword Size: 382464 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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