2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Using Telehealth To Improve Population Health In Rural Communities Part II

Wednesday, November 4, 2015: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
Telehealth (including telemedicine and telemental health) continues to grow and attract the interest of clinicians, public healthers, and policy makers alike. Unfotunately, the impact of these technologies on the health of rural populations is not widely known. Participants in this session will be exposed to a systematic review of all the currently available evidence of said impact.
Session Objectives: Define the impact of telehealth applications on the health outcomes of rural populations in the United States
Organizers:
Diane Adams, MD, MPH, CHS-III and Yaw P. Baidoo, EdS, RSCC, CSCS, SCCC
Moderator:
Marcia Ward, PhD

12:30pm
Systematic review of telemedicine applications in Emergency Rooms   
Marcia Ward, PhD, Mirou Jaana, PhD, MPH and Nabil Natafgi, MPH, CPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
12:50pm
Calming a Nervous System: Managing Rural Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Patients through Technology   
Jeff Pinto, BSN, CRRN
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
1:10pm
A narrative systematic review of access and reimbursement policies and practices in telemental health for rural elderly populations   
Sherry Fontaine, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Health Informatics Information Technology
Endorsed by: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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