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Telehealth and Telemedicine: Adopting New Tools of the Trade

Telehealth and Telemedicine: Adopting New Tools of the Trade. Sherilyn Pruitt, Director, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Health Resources and Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Telehealth and Telemedicine: Adopting New Tools of the Trade

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  1. Telehealth and Telemedicine: Adopting New Tools of the Trade Sherilyn Pruitt, Director, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Health Resources and Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  2. Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) Mission To advance the use of telehealth technologies for improving access and quality of health care services for rural and underserved communities. Serves as the operational focal point for coordinating and advancing the use of telehealthtechnologies in HRSA.

  3. OAT Activities • Licensure Portability Grants • Telehealth Network Grants • Telehealth Resource Centers • Flex Rural Veterans Healthcare Access Program • Partnerships

  4. Licensure Portability Grant Program • Uniform onlineapplications • Centralized credentialing • Expedited Licensure • Two grantees UNIFORM ONLINE APPLICATIONS EXPEDITED LICENSURE CENTRALIZEDCREDENTIALING

  5. Telehealth Network Grant Program • Purpose – to demonstrate how telehealth technologies can help expand access, coordinate and improve quality of health services • 20 TNGP grantees • New grants awarded September 1, 2013 • Funding for up to four years at $250k per year • New emphasis on health outcomes

  6. Flex Rural Veterans Grant Program • Purpose: to increase the delivery of quality mental health and other healthcare services to all rural veterans, their families and other rural residents • Three grantees funded for three years, $300,000 each year • New awards announced September 11, 2013 • Partnering with VA Office of Rural Health

  7. OAT Activities IOM Workshop on The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment • Meeting held August 8 - 9, 2012 Washington, DC • Meeting summary published November 2012 • Discussed evidence base and role of telehealth in the future http://www.iom.edu/Activities/HealthServices/Telehealth.aspx

  8. OAT Activities “FedTel” - Cross Federal Workgroup on Telehealth • Shared website • Six subcommittees • Short-term and long-term goals • 26 agencies/departments

  9. Contact Sherilyn Pruitt Office for the Advancement of Telehealth Office of Rural Health Policy, HRSA spruitt@hrsa.gov 301-594-0819

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