Overview of Objectives
Going the distance…so you don’t have to…
Pennsylvania Telehealth
Roundtable
September 30, 2014
OverviewWho We Are
State Planning/Roundtable
State Roundtable
Purpose
To bring together key stakeholders around priority health needs, with the end goal of developing consensus and establishing a 2 – 3 year strategic action plan for advancing the adoption and utilization of telehealth as
a mechanism for meeting the identified priority health needs.
Steering Committee
Martin Ciccocioppo Hospital & Healthsystem Association of PA
Lisa Davis PA Office of Rural Health
Sanjay Dhar Summit Hospitalists
Vince Gordon PA DPW
Matthew McGeorge PA DPW
Dennis Olmstead PA Medical Society
Melisa Rader PA DOH
Robert Rosenwasser Thomas Jefferson University
Susan Schrand PA Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
Joe Tracy Lehigh Valley Health Network
Larry Wechsler UPMC
Michael Wolf PA DOH
Health Needs
Health Needs
1)To improve care management for those suffering from chronic diseases, such as congestive heart failure, diabetes, asthma, and COPD;
2)To increase access to emergent and acute care services; and
3)To increase access to behavioral health care.
Process
Outcome
Pennsylvania TelehealthStrategic Plan
Next Steps
Going the distance…so you don’t have to…
Delaware Telehealth
Roundtable
December 4, 2013
Next Steps
Pennsylvania
Telehealth
Strategic Plan
March 29-31, 2015 at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, WV
Annual Summit
Shaping the Future of Healthcare through
Innovation and Technology~ Next Generation Telehealth in a World
of Accountable Care ~
Contact
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www.MATRC.org