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