[TAO] TAO Digest - April 24, 2015

[Catherine Britain]

*TAO News:*

1.  SB 144:  The bill has  been scheduled for hearing and possible work
session in the House Health Care Committee on Monday April 27th at 1 pm in
Hearing Room E.

2.  TAO Board Retreat:  The TAO Board of Directors Retreat is scheduled for
May 28-29 in Lebanon.  At that time we will replenish our three standing
committees and our Summit 2016 committee.  The three standing committees
are Policy, Membership and Finance and Education.  If you (or your
organization) are a member of TAO and would like to serve on one of these
committees, please send me a message with your name, organization, a brief
biosketch and the committee you are interested in.  If you have questions
about these committees please feel free to contact me using the information
below.

3.  New Blog Post: There is a new blog post on the TAO website.  Many
thanks to Susie Fisher, Providence for her contribution.

*Events:*

1. Webinar: ATA - This Month in Telemedicine
<http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=1ef53fc9ab3e0da5a465d3170&id=d7f2150215&e=17e32a2bff>,
April 28th, 11 am  Free

2.  Webinar: From Healthcare to Selfcare: Impacting Population Health
Through a Clinically-Driven Self-Management Care Model
<http://healthcare-executive-insight.advanceweb.com/webinar/webinar.aspx?rid=972>,
April 29th, 10am PDT  Free

3.  ATA 2015 Annual Telemedicine Meeting and Trade Show
<http://www.americantelemed.org/ata-2015/conference-overview#>: May 02 -
05, 2015 Los Angeles, CA

4.  HIMSS Oregon Spring Conference
<http://or.himsschapter.org/Events/Event.aspx?ItemNumber=40915&navItemNumber=8>,
May 20th, Embassy Suites, Portland
There will be a telehealth track at the conference!

4.  Distance Counseling Training
<https://distancecounselingtraining.edubrite.com/oltpublish/site/program.do?dispatch=showCourseSession&id=e550d032-c4d6-11e4-b33b-002590f9ff98>:
 June 8-9, Portland Oregon, June 10-11 in Medford

5.  BIO International Convention
<http://convention.bio.org/digitalhealth/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Affiliate-MHealth&utm_campaign=Digital-Health&utm_content=All&utm_term=Speaker-Image>
 June
15 - 18, Phildelphia, PA
​   The Digital Health Program at the convention features Drl Eric Topol as
the
    keynote speaker.​

*Articles:*

1. Senators seek Medicare telehealth parity, more rural broadband
<http://medcitynews.com/2015/04/senators-seek-medicare-telehealth-parity-rural-broadband/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c09a2f45b2-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-c09a2f45b2-67028005>

2.  Is telemedicine improving your healthcare?
<http://www.everydayhealth.com/news/telemedicine-improving-your-healthcare/>

Article by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, keynote speaker at ATA Conference next month

3.  The future of medicine: Telehealth visits allow UCSF patients to
continue care from home
<http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/the-future-of-medicine-telehealth-visits-allow-ucsf-patients-to-continue-care-from-home/Content?oid=2927156>.
Great story!

4.  Software Development at University of Maryland
<http://federaltelemedicine.com/?p=3239#more-3239>
Just like NCIS!

5.  Remote monitoring pilots may drop hospitalizations, but what happens
when the program ends?
<http://mobihealthnews.com/42626/remote-monitoring-pilots-may-drop-hospitalizations-but-what-happens-when-the-program-ends/>

6.  MDLive moves to Skype for its patient-physician video visits service
<http://mobihealthnews.com/42401/mdlive-moves-to-skype-for-its-patient-physician-video-visits-service/>

Have a great weekend!
-- 
Catherine S. Britain, Program Director
Telehealth Alliance of Oregon
csbritain at gmail.com
541-910-7366
www.ortelehealth.org
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