[TAO] TAO Information Digest 8/20/15

Fri Aug 21 15:23:44 PDT 2015

Greetings!

I hope this finds you safely out of the fire areas and away from the smoke
filled skies.  For those of you not so fortunate, our thoughts are with you
and your communities and hope that the fires in your area will be contained
soon.

   - Bob Duehmig and I completed a series of five focus groups throughout
   the State to determine the gaps in telehealth services and the barriers
   inhibiting the growth of telehealth. We want to that each of you who took
   the time to participate.  We gleaned valuable information for our report.
   Because we had limited turnout for some of the focus groups we determined
   that we will need to do some interviews with providers and CCOs not
   represented in the focus groups before we can finish our report. If you
   would like to be interviewed please contact me using the information
   below.  Our final report should be available in October.
   - TAO welcomes two new members to our ranks - the Southern Oregon Rural
   Telepresence Alliance (SORTA) and Trillium Family Services. We will publish
   brief profiles of these two organizations in our next digest.

*Upcoming Events:*

1."2015 Mid-Year Rural Health Policy RoundUp, Southwest TRC webinar
September 15, 12 pm. Presenter Alan Morgan, CEO NRHA.  Contact me if you
want the flyer.

2.. 2015 ATA Fall Forum
<http://www.americantelemed.org/2015-ata-fall-forum/conference-overview#.VZ6xx_lViko>,
September 16-18, Washington DC

3. Health 2.0 9th Annual Fall Conference
<http://www.health2con.com/events/conferences/health-2-0-fall-2015/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews>
, October 4-7, 2015, Santa Clara, CA

4.  Oregon Connections Telecommunications Conference
<http://oregonconnections.info/>, October 22-23, 2015, Hood River, OR

5. 32nd Annual Oregon Rural Health Conference
<https://www.ohsu.edu/xd/outreach/oregon-rural-health/about/events/index.cfm?trumbaEmbed=eventid%3D111352645%26view%3Devent%26-childview%3D>,
October 28-30, 2015, Salishan

6. Connected Health Symposium
<http://symposium.connected-health.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews>, October
29-30, 2015, Boston, MA

7. Wireless Health 2015
<http://www.wirelesshealth2015.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews>, October
14-15, 2015, Bethesda, MD

8.  <http://www.mhealthsummit.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews>
<http://www.mhealthsummit.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews>mHealth Summi
<http://www.mhealthsummit.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews>t
<http://www.mhealthsummit.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews>, Nov 08 - 11,
2015, Washington, DC

9.  *TAO ANNUAL MEETING and SUMMIT: Telemedicine Everywhere! March 3-4,
2016*

10. NRTRC Annual Conference: Spanning the Care Continuum
<https://www.nrtrc.org/annual-conference>, March 21-23, 2016, Seattle, WA

*Interesting Articles*

1. CCO's are making investments in telehealth
<http://www.oregon.gov/oha/OHPR/OHIT/resourceDocuments/CCO%20HIT%20Report%20-%20Exec%20Summary%202015.pdf>
This
executive summary of a larger OHIT report cites the telehealth programs
being developed by some of the CCOs

2. ATA supports Medicare licensing bill to reduce barriers to healthcare
<http://www.americantelemed.org/docs/default-source/policy/ata-supports-tele-med-act-to-reduce-barriers-to-health-care.pdf?sfvrsn=4>

<http://www.americantelemed.org/docs/default-source/policy/ata-supports-tele-med-act-to-reduce-barriers-to-health-care.pdf?sfvrsn=4>
Official
ATA letter of support for S.1778 and H.R. 3801 *The Telemed for Medicare
Act of 2015*

3. Western States Genetics Services Collaborative
<http://southwesttrc.org/blog/2015/western-states-genetic-services-collaborative?utm_source=SWTRC+Blog+Updates&utm_campaign=80a6e5dc1f-SWTRC_RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_68d3a5fca2-80a6e5dc1f-224751913>

4. One third of CVS MinuteClinic visitors prefer on-site telehealth to an
in-person visit
<http://mobihealthnews.com/46189/one-third-of-cvs-minuteclinic-visitors-prefer-on-site-telehealth-to-an-in-person-visit/>

5. Providence to own healthcare clinics inside Walgreens stores in Ore. and
Wash.
<http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150820/NEWS/150819875?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_campaign=am&utm_medium=email&utm_content=externalURL>

6.  SAMHSA issues intent to sole source to Project ECHO
<http://federaltelemedicine.com/?p=3676#more-3676> SAMHSA want to establish
a collaboration between Project ECHO and the American Society of Addiction
Medicine

7.Dual ebooks: Text messaging for patient acquisition and Text messaging
for patient engagement
<http://info.mobilecommons.com/WC2015819MC-Combined-Patient-Engagement-and-Acquisition-eBooks.html?utm_source=MobiHealthNews&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Dual%20eBooks>

8.Why the doctor-patient engagement is crucial to telemedicine
<http://telemedicine.arizona.edu/blog/why-doctor-patient-relationship-crucial-telemedicine?utm_source=ATP+Blog+Updates&utm_campaign=927d8436b4-RSS_BLOG_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a77498f61b-927d8436b4-87347837>

Have a great weekend!

Catherine S. Britain, Executive Director
Telehealth Alliance of Oregon
csbritain at gmail.com
541-910-7366
www.ortelehealth.org
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