July 2014 Dear Phonse, Summer has certainly arrived, and the NETRC team hopes that you are finding opportunities to enjoy some of the things that you love best about this time of year. For me, it's the crack of a baseball bat, the lake, and that feeling that things are just a little less hectic under the lazy summer sun. That said, there is much to do, and we are looking forward to working with all of you to develop and expand opportunities to enhance the health of our population through telehealth. Although I have been with the NETRC for just a short time, I have Danielle Louder - quickly recognized the phenomenal assets that we have both internally Program Manager; and externally: the expertise and can-do attitude of our NETRC MCDPH-NETRC team, access to a wealth of resources and expertise through regional and national colleagues within HRSA and the thirteen other telehealth resource centers, and the privilege of working with partners such as yourself, who are passionate about utilizing technology to increase access to quality health care. As you know, our charge is to provide effective resources and technical assistance to those who are planning, implementing and/or evaluating telehealth programs throughout the Northeast (and beyond). Whether you're just beginning your journey with telehealth, are looking to expand your current program, and/or impact more global aspects such as policy, we are here and eager to assist! Here are just a few examples of current/recent efforts: Assisted multiple partners with USDA DLT grant applications due earlier this month Working with partners in Massachusetts on telehealth nursing curriculum development Facilitating discussions among Maine Telehealth Forum members around proposed changes to MaineCare-Medicaid telehealth reimbursement policy Participating in a regional learning collaborative focused on leveraging existing partners, technology and providers to develop a sustainable telehealth network within New York State Sharing resources with regional Offices of Rural Health and Primary Care at the annual NOSORH meeting in Connecticut It has been a fantastic first few weeks, and I am very much looking forward to meeting and working with many more of you in the future. Perhaps you can join us at the NETRC Regional Conference in Burlington this Fall! On behalf of the NETRC Team, Best Regards - We hope to talk with you soon! Please be Upcoming NETRC Webinars & Conferences sure to visit our website July 29th at 12pm (EST) for telehealth resources, NETRC Webinar: news, Behavioral Health and Medical Remote Care Solutions for upcoming Nursing Home Residents events, and much more: Webinar Presenters: www.netrc.org Thomas Sheeran, PhD, ME and Mark Treat Regional Thomas Sheeran, PhD, ME: Assistant Professor Events (Research) at the Alpert Medical School of Brown NETRC University and Clinical Psychologist at Rhode Island Regional and Miriam Hospitals. Dr. Sheeran's research focuses on using telehealth technology to improve mental Conference health services for seniors in community-based October 1 settings. His research has been funded by the Burlington, VT National Institute of Mental Health, the Cornell Clinical and Translational Sciences Center, the United Hospital Fund and the Rhode Island Foundation. Sheeran holds adjunct faculty appointments at the Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry and the University of Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center. Mark Treat: Mr. Treat has extensive experience Save the Date! with large scale government contracting, systems integration and project management. Treat Dartmouth comes to Nalari Health from SAIC, an $11B, Hitchcock 45,000-person science, technology and Center for professional service organization where he led Telehealth: the inception, sales and development of a new 2014 Telehealth Summit business practice, including the successful negotiation of over $100M in new contracts. Prior November 4-5 to working at SAIC, Mr. Treat led the strategy and planning practice for Commerce One, a leading internet services and online marketplace Grant company. Mr. Treat's experience includes working with online health Opportunities information exchanges, co-founding a bioinformatics company, co- founding a cell-based screening company, working with syndromic NIH Funding surveillance programs and supporting the Johns Hopkins Center for mHealth Tools Computer Based Surgical Systems. He is known for his expertise in for Underserved business process management (BPM) and as vice president of the Populations with Chronic Association of Business Process Management Professionals. As vice Conditions to president, he co-led the development of The Guide To The BPM Promote Common Body of Knowledge (CBOK) ™, which defines the professional Effective standards for end-to-end business process management Patient-Provider Communication, internationally. Mr. Treat is a graduate of Babson College. Adherence to Treatment and We will be using Zoom (a video conferencing Self-Management technology) for this event. 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HRSA Funding Rural Health Network Development Program Supports rural integrated health care networks that have combined the functions of the entities Additional Webinars participating in the network in This Month in Telemedicine---American Telemedicine Association order to achieve Jonathan Linkous, CEO, and Gary Capistrant, Senior Director of Public efficiencies; Policy July 22, 2014, 2:00 PM EST expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality Reducing Chronic Heart Failure Readmissions Using Telehealth--- of essential health National Telehealth Webinar Series - Sponsored by the South Central care services; and Telehealth Resource Center Donna Ussery, RN, University of Arkansas strengthen the rural health care Medical School Medical Center July 17, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT system as a whole. Learn more FSMB Interstate Licensure Compact and Telemedicine Standards--- Center for Telehealth & eHealth Law Brown Bag Webinar - Dr. Humayun J. 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July 21, 2014, 12:00 Noon EDT (free) Upcoming Conferences mHealth+Telehealth World Summit Hyatt Regency, Boston, MA July 22-24, 2014 ATA Fall Forum--Telehealth for Chronic Care JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort, Palm Desert, CA Sept. 6-9, 2014 NorthEast Telehealth Resource Center Regional Conference- Leveraging Telehealth to Achieve the Triple Aim Sheraton Burlington Conference Center, Burlington, VT Oct. 1, 2014 New England Rural Health Roundtable - Annual Conference Westford Regency Inn and Conference Center, Westford, MA October 1-3, 2014 Partner's Center for Connected Health Symposium- Connected Health in Practice Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center October 23-24, 2014 RECENT TELEHEALTH NEWS Content compiled by: Michael Edwards - Consultant to the NETRC Telehealth Policy News CMS proposes expanded telehealth coverage for 2015; Fierce Health IT, July 3, 2014 htm Annual wellness visits and psychotherapy are among four services the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing to add to the list of services that can be provided to Medicare beneficiaries via telehealth, according to a proposed update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for the 2015 calendar year issued AMA telemedicine policy emphasizes in-state licensure, in-person visits; Fierce Health IT, June 12, 2014 htm Patient safety and care quality is a primary focus of a telemedicine policy adopted by the American Medical Association this week. It errs on the side of caution in its recommendations, calling for in-person consults in some cases, for example. Continued FDA device regulation? FDA will stop actively regulating MDDS; CTeL Telehealth Buzz, June 19, 2014 htm The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is continuing to provide clarification regarding its plans for health IT device regulation. Specifically, the agency will "exercise enforcement discretion" on three specific types of Class I devices: medical device data systems (MDDS), medical image storage devices, and medical image communication devices. FDA and telemedicine regulation-CTEL June Webinar answers questions; CTeL Telehealth Buzz, June 20, 2014 htm The Center for Telehealth & eHealth Law shared a summary of the discussion from a recent Webinar on FDA telehealth regulations: e.g. when is your smartphone technically a medical device? News on the Practice of Telemedicine ATA 2014 recordings and new telemental health course now available on the Learning Center American Telemedicine Association News Brief, July 3, 2014--Learning Center: htm Online course: htm "Delivering Online, Video-Based Mental Health Services," a new interactive and self-paced course