Session Picks for 2015 American Telemedicine Meeting
We can’t promise to get to all these sessions and blog about them for you, but here are a few that caught our attention at the American Telemedicine Association Annual meeting coming up in Los Angeles next week.
Monday May 4th
Telehealth is proven to decrease costs without sacrificing quality for many scenarios.
Learning Opportunities from Large Scale Telemedicine Initiatives
An interesting mix of private and public sector initiatives across disciplines including pediatrics and psychiatry.
Improving Commitment, Quality, and Outcomes
We love outcomes, and this session also feature’s Seattle’s own Carena.
It’s a Small World After All: Approaches in Neonatal ICU Care
Cute title, serious results with examples across pediatric care.
A New Model for Remote Diabetes Care Best Practices
One of the biggest issues facing our healthcare system so new models welcome!
Expanding Telehealth to Improve Hospital-wide Readmission Rates
Readmissions and care transitions, so important.
Mainstream Medicine Moves into Direct to Consumer Health
Mercy, a Catholic Health System from St. Louis, is a quiet leader in telehealth. Find out why they dedicated an entire new building to for their telehealth practice. Plus a case study from Cleveland Clinic. Whew, that’s a lot of great content.
Tuesday May 5th
Heart failure is a patient group where readmissions can be prevented with better communications, which telemedicine and remote monitoring can provide.
A Large Provider Focuses on Consumers: The Experience at Kaiser Permanente
With large deductibles, patients are increasingly making decisions as consumers.
Implementing Successful Clinical Specialty Programs: Burns, Infectious Diseases, and Genetics
Telemedicine helps scale specialists, especially from centers of excellence and to rural areas.
Using Community Health Models to Enhance Patient Performance and Outcomes
Another great benefit of telemedicine is to empower community health workers through remote support from specialists.