TELEMEDICINE TALK
Episode 7: Large Employers Launch
Telemedicine Program to Tackle Black Health
Disparities
Walmart is part of a group of large employers, including Target, Best Buy, Medtronic and State Farm that are spearheading a new initiative called the Black CommunityInnovation Coalition in partnership with Grand Rounds and Doctor on Demand. The new program will use Grand Rounds'health assistance platform to target outreach on specific health needs of African American workers. The goal is to create a culturally specific concierge service to engage workers of color on their health. The new initiative aims to begin offering targeted services in 2022. To learn more about this pilot program, click here.
*Article provided by the National Rural Health Association.
*Article provided by the National Rural Health Association.
Episode 6: Pilot program teaches seniors to
use telehealth.
A pilot program in South Carolina is tackling the digital literacy divide with a program that teaches seniors how to use telehealth technology, equipping rural seniors with a tablet and free cellular service for up to a year. As the telehealth cliff looms, more than 400 health care and technology organizations are calling on Capitol Hill to eliminate arbitrary restrictions while helping FQHCs and critical access hospitals offer wider access to virtual care.
*Article provided by the National Rural Health Association.
*Article provided by the National Rural Health Association.
Episode 5: Telemedicine program aims to teach
rural providers about transgender care.
A growing number of people are identifying as transgender or rejecting the gender binary. According to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, an estimated 1.4 million adults in the U.S. identify as transgender, almost double an estimate from roughly a decade earlier. Yet health care professionals, particularly those in rural areas, aren’t receiving adequate training in transgender care. In Colorado, the Extension for Community Health Outcomes is working to solve this problem by offering virtual, interactive classes on complex health issues, including gender-affirming care, to providers outside of major metropolitan areas.
*Article provided by the National Rural Health Association.
*Article provided by the National Rural Health Association.
Episode 4: Telemedicine curriculum creates a
family-centered experience
As part of its 2020 CARES Act Telehealth Award from HRSA, Family Voices National has created a telemedicine curriculum aimed at the essentials for a family-centered experience. The curriculum includes four webinars on connectivity, technology, how telemedicine works, and what to expect from the first virtual appointment.
Additionally, the American Academy of Pediatrics, with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau, is working to identify promising practices that enhance access to pediatric care via telehealth during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit your promising practices by Feb. 16.
Additionally, the American Academy of Pediatrics, with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau, is working to identify promising practices that enhance access to pediatric care via telehealth during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Submit your promising practices by Feb. 16.
Episode 3: Part 1 & 2
Telehealth Provider Survey
One of the goals of Heartland Rural Health Network is to create a public awareness telemedicine campaign. To that end, we need to identify the Telemedicine and Telehealth programs, platforms, and specialties being offered and utilized across our service area. As such, we are in the final stages of creating a Telehealth/Telemedicine Provider Survey that we will be sending out to all identified providers in Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, and Polk Counties. Please help us to ensure that these surveys are completed by the appropriate person so that we can start the process of helping to promote those Telehealth/Telemedicine services in our areas.
If you have any questions or to ensure your organization/practice gets a copy of the survey, please email support@hrhn.org. Once the survey is live, a link to it will be posted below.
If you have any questions or to ensure your organization/practice gets a copy of the survey, please email support@hrhn.org. Once the survey is live, a link to it will be posted below.
Episode 2:
Telemedicine during COVID-19
The American Academy of Family Physicians published and article on March 23, 2020 by Chris Crawford titled Inside Look at Using Telemedicine During COVID-19 Pandemic. As we face times unlike we have seen in post of our lifetimes, we thought this article gave a good look at how Telemedicine is now being employed more than ever. At the link below, you will find a brief summary of the article as well as the link to view the article in its entirety.
Episode 1:
Telehealth Myths to Know
Becker’s Hospital Review published an article in 2018 (link can be found below) that went over the Top 6 telehealth myths that hospital executives should know. As we begin working toward developing a telehealth knowledge campaign, we thought this article could help us start. We have included a summary of what the article presents and added insight from us for rural community application of telehealth.