HRSA Health Information Technology and Quality Webinar - Telehealth for Safety Net Providers

“The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) presents a Health Information Technology and Quality Webinar, Telehealth for Safety Net Providers, on September 20th from 2:00-3:00pm ET.

Participants can REGISTER HERE.

Telehealth is the use of electronic information and telecommunication technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration. Telehealth technology can be a valuable addition to a wide variety of care settings, and can effectively shrink the distance between nodes of underserved care.

Presenters will provide an overview of some programs available to support the use of telehealth for medically underserved populations, and highlight examples of how this technology is currently being used to treat patients.  Presenters include:

• Matthew Quinn - Director of Healthcare Initiatives, Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, Federal Communications Commission
• Brian Christensen, RN - Clinical Telehealth Coordinator, REACH Network, Benefis Health System
• Gene Koppy -  Project Director and Telehealth Technical Specialist, REACH Network, Benefis Health System

Questions for presenters are welcome ahead of the event and may be emailed to healthit@hrsa.gov.” [Source:  HRSA]