2022 Stronger - PH311 - Telemedicine’s Impact on Rural Hospitals and Vulnerable Patient Populations - On Demand

Join us for a panel discussion and learn how two health care organizations established innovative approaches to deliver telemedicine in their communities to address health disparities and inequities.

Intermountain Health, which started its tele-hospitalist program to address needs in its rural communities, will describe its growth from a nocturnist program at two hospitals to one that now delivers more than 1,700 unique patient interactions annually across three states.

University of Rochester will explain how its most vulnerable patients benefited from telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 17.9% of the University of Rochester Medical Center Medicaid patient population accounting for 25.2% of patients who used telemedicine most extensively. These and other findings provide evidence as to the importance of telemedicine in delivering equitable care.

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

Describe successful strategies to establish telemedicine as an option for vulnerable populations in rural settings.

Outline services that can be used within a tele-hospitalist program.

Describe how use of nonelectronic health record data can provide broader context as to how patients make care decisions.

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.75 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.75 General CE - Attendance
  • 0.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
Course opens: 
09/14/2022
Course expires: 
09/21/2023

Faculty

Kathleen Fear, PhD, Director of Data Analytics, Health Lab, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Carly Hochreiter, Senior Analyst/Programmer, Health Lab, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Michael Hasselberg, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, Chief Digital Health Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

John Williams, RN, MBA, Clinical Operations Director, Specialty Based Care, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT

Nathan Starr, DO, Lead, Tele-Hospitalist Program and Medical Director, Castell Home Services, Intermountain Healthcare

Disclosure

As an accredited provider of continuing education, Vizient, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring this activity presents learners with only accurate, balanced, scientifically justified recommendations, and is free from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all planners, faculty, and others in control of the educational content have disclosed the absence or existence of all financial relationships (of any dollar amount) with ineligible companies within the past 24 months.
 
Ineligible companies – those companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
It is Vizient’s policy that owners and employees of ineligible companies, and any individuals who refuse to disclose the absence or existence of financial relationships with any ineligible companies are disqualified from participating as planners or faculty.
 
FDA Off-Label Use
 
Faculty presenters are also expected to disclose any discussion of (1) off-label or investigational uses of FDA approved commercial products or devices or (2) products or devices not yet approved in the United States.
 
Disclosure Statements
 
Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships
 
None of the planners, faculty, or others in a position to control content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 
 

Credit Types

Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)

This activity was planned by, and for, the healthcare team, and learners will receive 0.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

 

Nurses (CNE)

Vizient, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 ANCC contacts hours.

Pharmacists (CPE)

Vizient, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 contact hours for Pharmacists. 

Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-22-084-H04-P

Physicians (CME)

Vizient, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other Healthcare Professionals (General CE Credit)

Vizient, Inc. will award a maximum of 0.75 contact hours to all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity. These individuals will receive a Certificate of Participation indicating the maximum credits available.

Many state licensing boards and credentialing bodies accept certificates of participation from accredited CE activities to meet CE requirements for license renewals and re-certification. It is the responsibility of the participant to contact their state licensing board and/or certifying body for verification on credit eligibility reciprocity.

 

Available Credit

  • 0.75 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.75 General CE - Attendance
  • 0.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
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