[TAO] TAO Information Digest

[Catherine Britain]

​
Greetings,

Hope you are all enjoying the great summer weather!


   - Here at TAO we are continuing to work on our social media debut.
   Watch for TAO on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn sometime next week.
   - TAO would like to welcome a new member to our ranks.  Andy Eck of
   Mosaic Medical joined us. You may have heard Andy speak at the TAO Summit
   last February.He is the Regional Medical Operations Director at Mosaic
   providing oversight to 3 Family Practice clinics and 2 School Based
   Health Centers spanning  three counties in Central Oregon. We are pleased
   and excited to have him as a member.
   - Marty Brown is the new Regional Manager for One Vision Solutions in
   Oregon.  One Vision is a Founding Member/Champion of TAO and provides great
   support for our Annual Meeting and Summit.  Welcome, Marty!
   - TAO's 9th Annual Meeting and Summit will be held March 3 and 4, 2016
   in Portland.  We will have more information for you and a call for papers
   out to you over the next couple of months.  In the meantime, mark your
   calendars!


*Upcoming Events:*

1.* 2015 ATA Fall Forum
<http://www.americantelemed.org/2015-ata-fall-forum/conference-overview#.VZ6xx_lViko>*,
September 16-18, Washington DC

2. 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

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

4. 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

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

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

7.  <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

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

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

Interesting Articles:
1. 10 Innovators in Rural Health
http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/175-julyaugust-2015/15524-10-innovators-in-rural-health?utm_content=bufferff7ea&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&start=3
TAO board member Dan Reece sent us this article from the Oregon Business
News.  One of those featured is TAO member, Jim Rickards.

2.  Rep. John Huffman Helps Secure Legislative Approval For Fossil
Fiber-Optic Extension Project
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/huffman/Documents/HuffmanFiberOptic.pdf
​​ChrisTamarin, another TAO board member, sent us this article. This will
be a great boon for healthcare in Wheeler County.

3. Project ECHO get grant to expand telehealth initiative
http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/project-echo-gets-grant-expand-telehealth-initiative
<http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/project-echo-gets-grant-expand-telehealth-initiative>

4. The ROI of HIPAA compliant texting and telemedicine: improve CMS Core
Measures and reduce transfers
http://go.everbridge.com/The-ROI-of-HIPAA-Compliant-Texting-and-Telemedicine---July-2015_Reg-Page.html?trk=MEDIA_EMAIL_ROIHIPAA_MOBI-JULY

5.  Insurers see financial value in telemedicine services
http://managedcaremag.com/archives/2015/7/tuning-telemedicine

<http://managedcaremag.com/archives/2015/7/tuning-telemedicine>

6.  Clinic network with a health plan looks to upend entrenched system
http://www.healthcarepayernews.com/content/clinic-network-health-plan-looks-upend-entrenched-system?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohuanAZKXonjHpfsX56OguWaKzlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4GS8ZgI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D#.VbGYzvlViko
TAO member Zoom+ gets national attention

7.  How telemedicine can help SNFs achieve higher performance
http://telemedicine.arizona.edu/blog/how-telemedicine-can-help-snfs-achieve-higher-performance

8.  Consumers won't get to use Google Glass 2.0, but their doctors might
http://mobihealthnews.com/45363/consumers-wont-get-to-use-google-glass-2-0-but-their-doctors-might/

Hope you 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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