227195 Emerging Trends in Telemedicine & Telehealth for Underserved Populations

Monday, November 8, 2010

Christine Martin, MBA , California Telemedicine & eHealth Center, Sacramento, CA
Telemedicine and telehealth applications are rapidly advancing, providing new alternatives for the provision of services to the underserved. This presentation provides a overview of emerging trends for the use of telehealth in chronic disease management, assisted living centers, emergency departments, emergency vehicles and other services. This presentation will provide up to date informtaion on the latest delivery models and technology advances. This presentation will assist public health program developers in exploring new and effective programs for services to the underserved, elderly and other vulnurable populations.

Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership
Communication and informatics
Program planning
Provision of health care to the public
Public health administration or related administration
Public health or related nursing

Learning Objectives:
Identify newly emerging technology solutions to improve health care to underswerved populations Identify newly emerging program opportunities for applying telehealth to chronic disease management, long term care and other health programs Explain program and business models being used to further the expansion of telehealth

Keywords: Telemedicine, Telehealth

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I an the director of the Telehealth Resource Center in California and have extensive knowledge of telemedicine and telehealth
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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