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Shawn Griffin, MD, CEO, URAC, shares how telehealth helps expand access to quality care, including behavioral health services, for members of rural and underserved communities.
Shawn Griffin, MD, CEO, URAC, shares how telehealth helps expand access to quality care, including behavioral health services, for members of rural and underserved communities.
We are digital health experts on the mission to make health uncomplicated by transcending the barriers to human health.
Founded in 1968, the American Academy of Physician Associates is the national professional society for PAs (physician associates/physician assistants). It represents a profession of more than 168,000 PAs across all medical and surgical specialties in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and the uniformed services. AAPA advocates and educates on behalf of the profession and the patients PAs serve. We work to ensure the professional growth, personal excellence and recognition of PAs. We also enhance their ability to improve the quality, accessibility and cost-effectiveness of patient-centered healthcare.
AMC Health is with you at every step.
Our end-to-end Virtual Care includes Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) solutions with real-time communication to help deliver the best possible outcomes to your patients and your bottom line.
Our superior analytics platform with machine learning and simple user interface integrates easily into clinical workflows for frictionless consumer and patient experiences. At every step, we drive sustainable, scalable virtual care to address social determinants of health and enable greater access to care and chronic condition management.
Founded in 2013 by Former Congressman and visionary mental health and substance use disorder advocate Patrick J. Kennedy, The Kennedy Forum is focused on transforming the way mental health and substance use disorders (MH/SUD) are treated in our health care system by ensuring mental health as essential health.
Now in our tenth year, we are focused on growing and aligning an inclusive set of stakeholders in a movement that will ensure every person in the United States has access to the MH/SUD services and supports they need. We will publish the definitive set of policy recommendations needed to make this system change happen and are developing a set of data tools that demonstrate the depth and breadth of the need. We will also continue our targeted policy work to advance coverage and protect youth mental health.
Corti is a clinically-proven AI guide that augments, automates, and analyzes virtual care and face-to-face patient engagements. This voice-based AI is trained on +30 million patient calls and consultations. Using proprietary speech recognition and natural-language processing, Corti listens alongside professionals and turns this learning into actionable insights and suggestions.
When deployed in clinical settings, Corti users can reduce administrative burdens and focus on providing the best possible experience for both patients and providers.
When deployed in public safety communication agencies, it offers real-time guidance, analysis, and quality reporting for 100% of calls.
Daily powers Telehealth digital products with WebRTC video SDKs hosted on our world-class privacy and security-centric global infrastructure built for compliance. Why Daily? > Video Call Quality: We outperform our competitors and have the data to prove it. Contact us for our benchmark reports. https://hubs.ly/Q0219m2f0 > AI-ready: Capabilities like automated transcription, recording, and LLM-powered data pipelines future-proof your AI-powered roadmap. Learn more at our ATA Telehealth Week event: https://hubs.ly/Q020WV830 > Advanced Insights: We offer a broad set of real-time, configurable tools to analyze calls that can be integrated into your existing business intelligence stack. Find out how easy it is to build or migrate to Daily.https://hubs.ly/
Wolters Kluwer provides trusted clinical technology and evidence-based solutions that engage clinicians, patients, researchers, and the next generation of healthcare providers. With a focus on clinical effectiveness, research and learning, clinical surveillance and compliance, as well as data solutions, our proven solutions drive effective decision-making and consistent outcomes across the continuum of care.
Healthcare organizations turn to UpToDate®, Lexicomp®, and Emmi® to provide evidence-based content to support care decisions. These come together in Digital Health Architect, giving you access to the building blocks that deliver unique digital experiences and inspire confidence.
Inside TeleHealth is a new service from Inside Health Policy, focused directly on the policy debate shaping the future of the digital health revolution. Inside TeleHealth follows in the tradition of Inside CMS, FDA Week, Health Exchange Alert and Inside Drug Pricing, providing exclusive, detailed, reliable policy news for anyone with a professional need-to-know about the fast-evolving telehealth landscape. Sign up for your no-obligation, one-month free trial to Inside Health Policy (it will automatically expire at the end of 30 days). Please go to: www.insidehealthpolicy.com and then select ‘Inside Telehealth‘ as part of your trial to Inside Health Policy.
The REDC is the national consortium representing eating disorders care focused on standards, policy, research, and best practices. The mission of REDC is to collaboratively address issues impacting access to and quality of eating disorder treatment programs across the US for individuals and their families. REDC works to continually refine and improve standards of care, partner in collaborative research, and actively support policy that ensures quality, accessible care for people with eating disorders.
The REDC is the national consortium representing eating disorders care focused on standards, policy, research, and best practices. The mission of REDC is to collaboratively address issues impacting access to and quality of eating disorder treatment programs across the US for individuals and their families. REDC works to continually refine and improve standards of care, partner in collaborative research, and actively support policy that ensures quality, accessible care for people with eating disorders.
Established in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Veterinary Virtual Care Association (VVCA) emerged to provide crucial support to the veterinary profession in the face of challenges related to delivering high-quality veterinary care. Our mission is to Improve Access to Care Through Education, Best Practices, and Advocacy of Veterinary Virtual Care. With the rapid adoption of remote care by a significant portion of the population, ensuring access to top-notch veterinary services became critical. Committed to standardizing virtual care within the realm of veterinary medicine, VVCA focuses on education, promoting best practices, and advocating for the integration of virtual care. Guided by a Board of 17 industry experts, VVCA strives to drive ongoing advancements in veterinary medicine within a rapidly evolving digital landscape that holds immense significance for the industry’s future trajectory. For further information, please visit https://vvca.org/.
The National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association is a nonprofit organization committed to promoting the mental health and well-being of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. NAAPIMHA strengthens the capacity of AANHPI communities, providers and AANHPI serving behavioral health organizations to improve the mental health and well-being of AANHPI communities. The long-term organizational goal is achieved by addressing the mental health needs of all age groups with a particular focus on youth. This includes suicide prevention, empowering individuals with lived experience and improving access to high quality and affordable mental health services that addresses the impact of culture and language.
Medallion is the first solution built from the ground up for healthcare companies to streamline clinician operations – credentialing, ongoing monitoring, payer enrollment, state licensure, and more – through a single, unified platform. By removing as much regulatory complexity as possible, Medallion makes it for our customers and their providers to focus on what they do best: delivering high-quality care to patients. Since 2020, Medallion has saved over 500,000 administrative hours for leading healthcare organizations and raised $85M from notable investors like Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Google Ventures, Optum Ventures and Salesforce Ventures. To learn more about Medallion, visit medallion.co.
The Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 2010 by business leaders who wanted to support the next generation of entrepreneurs and to celebrate the spirit and tenacity of the entrepreneurial community. The EC serves as Nashville’s center for entrepreneurship, supporting visionaries—from every background, in any industry, and at all phases—by connecting them to critical resources and championing their desire to change the world.
Kismet Health is the first pediatric telehealth platform designed for providers, by providers, to boost patient engagement, streamline workflows, and improve clinical outcomes for children ages 0-18. At Kismet, we know kids are not tiny adults, and that is why we created the first custom solution specifically with the unique needs of families and children in mind. Kismet’s proprietary technology and digital playroom allows clinicians to focus on what they do best – providing quality care to families everywhere, while enabling a cost-efficient and high standard of care.
First established in 1978, NAATP is the longest running and most established professional membership society in the behavioral health field for addiction treatment. Our job at NAATP is to provide leadership, advocacy, training, and support services to ensure our members can provide the highest quality of care to their patients and are up to date with modern best practices.
UPMC Health Plan, headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, is among the nation’s fastest-growing health plans. It is owned by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), a world-renowned health care provider. As part of an integrated health care delivery system, UPMC Health Plan is committed to providing its members better health, more financial security, and the peace of mind they deserve. UPMC Health Plan partners with UPMC and community network providers to produce a combination of knowledge and expertise that provides the highest quality care at the most affordable price.
Now in its third year, TA3 is a unique event bringing together the executives from leading incumbent provider organizations, industry influencers and disruptors, employers, associations, patients, consumers and the frontline providers of today and tomorrow. Through interactive conversations and thoughtful presentations, we’ll unite around the theme of scaling impact, and explore the continued evolution of virtual, home-based, and hybrid care models.
The Telehealth Academy III is intended for executives across clinical, financial, operations, technology, and legal compliance areas—from early stage innovators to industry leaders, and including the voices of the patients, providers, employers, and financiers of healthcare. Register here.
As part of the Institute for eHealth Equity, Our Healthy Community (OHC) is an African-American led company that works directly at the intersection of underserved community outreach and engagement, health information technology adoption, health equity, health literacy improvement, and health disparity reduction.
OHC has partnered with Morehouse School of Medicine to develop OHCEngage, a
geographically-scalable, culturally appropriate web-based collaborative space purpose-built to connect, convene, collaborate, and co-create with both underserved communities, and public/private healthcare stakeholders.
By connecting faith- and community-based organizations locally, regionally, and nationally, we create a support network of organizations that are typically trusted and historically embedded in communities where underrepresented community members live, work, play, pray, and age.
Importantly, our OHCEngage platform allows us to integrate tools and technologies, such as telemedicine solutions, into OHC that will shorten the distance between our community organizations and healthcare payor, provider, government, academic, life science, and pharma stakeholders. This is leveling the playing field. This is health equity in action!
For more than 50 years, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has been dedicated to acute and critical care nursing excellence. The organization’s vision is to create a healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and their families in which acute and critical care nurses make their optimal contribution. AACN is the world’s largest specialty nursing organization with about 130,000 members and nearly 200 chapters in the United States.
Best Buy Health aims to enable care at home for everyone. Serving over one million people today, Best Buy Health support our customers with technology for their health journeys across the arc of their lives by focusing on three pillars: wellness at home, aging at home and care at home. Services include an extensive offering of consumer health and wellness products at Best Buy stores and BestBuy.com, independent living and emergency services for the aging population from Lively, and care-at-home programs from Current Health.
The Scottsdale Institute (SI) is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 60 prominent, advanced, not-for-profit health systems and academic medical centers whose mission is to improve healthcare quality, efficiency and personal experience through IT-enabled transformation. Our North Star is thought leadership guided by SI’s Three Pillars of Collaboration, Education and Networking. We convene intimate, informal and collegial forums for senior healthcare executives, including but not limited to CEOs, CMOs, CIOs, CMIOs and CNIOs, to share knowledge, leading practices and lessons learned. Our goal: Gather the right people to discuss the right topics at the right moment. For more information, visit www.scottsdaleinstitute.org.
World Telehealth Initiative (WTI) is a non-profit organization that leverages telehealth technology to expand healthcare access for vulnerable communities around the world. WTI virtually connects our philanthropic medical specialists with clinics and hospitals in underserved areas to provide world-class expertise, train local clinicians and care for patients who need specialized care. By upskilling the local clinicians and building the capacity of their health systems, WTI embeds quality healthcare into the fabric of these communities for future generations. WTI is transforming global healthcare and bringing life-changing care to people in need around the world.
The Southeastern TeleHealth Resource Center (SETRC) is one of 14 TeleHealth Resource Centers (12 Regional and 2 National) funded by the federal Office for the Advancement of Telehealth through a grant program to provide support and guidance to TeleHealth programs. Our mission is to serve as a focal point for advancing the effective use of TeleHealth and support access to TeleHealth services in rural and underserved communities in the southeastern region of the United States. We have extensive TeleHealth experience and can provide services, resources and tools to both developing and operating programs.
The National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) is committed to enhancing the professional development of, and recognition for, professionals in the medical staff and credentialing services field. Over more than four decades, the medical services profession has evolved into an expertise that spans a wide range of employment settings and requires a specific knowledge base and professional competency. The NAMSS membership includes more than 6,000 medical staff and credentialing services professionals – known as MSPs – from medical group practices, hospitals, managed care organizations, and CVOs.
The Great Plains Telehealth Resource and Assistance Center (gpTRAC) is a federally funded telehealth training and technical assistance center located at the University of Minnesota. We provide free resources, including training, tailored consultations, and print and web-based resources to healthcare organizations of all kinds seeking to design, implement, grow, sustain, and evaluate telehealth services.
Established in 2008 with funding from the California Health Care Foundation, our work was originally focused exclusively on California telehealth policy. We published the Telehealth Model Statute Report in 2011, which became the basis for the California Telehealth Advancement Act of 2011 (AB 415) and cemented our position as experts in telehealth policy. Under PHI, we act as a catalyst for change by providing nonpartisan, unbiased, and research-based analyses, reports, and telehealth resources to policy makers, the private healthcare sector, health plans, academic researchers, and consumer health advocates.
We also continue to be dedicated to advancing California’s leadership in telehealth policy, and head up the California Telehealth Policy Coalition, a group of over 100 consumer groups, medical systems, payers, providers, and technology representatives.
In 2012, after our Telehealth Model Statute Report garnered extensive attention, CCHP received a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to become the federally designated National Telehealth Policy Resource Center. In this capacity, we serve as an independent center of excellence in telehealth policy, and provide technical assistance to twelve regional Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs), state and federal policy makers, national organizations, health systems, providers, and the public.
The TexLa Telehealth Resource Center is a federally funded program designed to provide technical assistance and resources to new and existing Telehealth programs throughout Texas and Louisiana. The TexLa TRC will continually evaluate Telehealth programs in these two states for effective delivery of Telehealth services, efficiency, sustainability, and patient satisfaction.
The Southwest Telehealth Resource Center (SWTRC) was created to advance the effective use of telemedicine services throughout the Southwest. Telemedicine has been shown empirically to improve access to quality medical care for many patients living in rural and medically underserved areas.
The SWTRC assists start-up telehealth programs in their development and serves as a resource for existing programs regarding changes in technology and other issues affecting telehealth in the Southwest region.
The SWTRC provides services in each of the following modes: one-to-one, peer-to-peer, and one-to-many. The SWTRC serves hospitals, clinics, public health offices, and private-practice healthcare providers in the broader Southwest region. Those seeking advice come from a variety of backgrounds, including clinicians (MD, DO, DDS), healthcare providers (RN, LPN, PhD), hospital administrators (CEO, CFO, COO), technologists (CIO, network manager, network engineer), telemedicine site coordinators, medical students, medical residents, researchers, and community representatives interested in telemedicine.
The National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) is committed to enhancing the professional development of, and recognition for, professionals in the medical staff and credentialing services field. Over more than four decades, the medical services profession has evolved into an expertise that spans a wide range of employment settings and requires a specific knowledge base and professional competency. The NAMSS membership includes more than 6,000 medical staff and credentialing services professionals – known as MSPs – from medical group practices, hospitals, managed care organizations, and CVOs.
The Telehealth Equity Coalition (TEC) was founded in February 2021 with the goal to bring together diverse voices and stakeholders from across the country to work towards equitable telehealth adoption. TEC members represent the health, technology, equity, government, and community engagement sectors, and the Coalition is driven to improve access to quality and affordable healthcare by advancing telehealth adoption among underserved populations. As a coalition, TEC has developed policy principles, and advocated for proposals, programs and technologies that support impactful and equitable telehealth adoption.
The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) equips its more than 100,000 members to navigate a complex healthcare landscape. Finance professionals in the full range of work settings, including hospitals, health systems, physician practices and health plans, trust HFMA to provide the guidance and tools to help them lead their organizations, and the industry, forward. HFMA is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization that advances healthcare by collaborating with other key stakeholders to address industry challenges and providing guidance, education, practical tools and solutions, and thought leadership. We lead the financial management of healthcare.
RHITES (the Reproductive Health Initiative for Telehealth Equity & Solutions) believes in fostering innovation and bridging equity gaps in telehealth by integrating reproductive and sexual health care into the larger health care system. RHITES develops and distributes resources, convenes people and organizations, and shares knowledge across the telehealth and reproductive health, rights and justice communities to advance equitable access to sexual and reproductive care via telehealth.
The Northeast Telehealth Resource Center (NETRC) has a mission to increase access to quality health care services for rural and medically underserved populations through Telehealth. We provide FREE, individualized technical assistance, education, and other resources in collaboration with the Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers, MCD Public Health, and the University of Vermont. Our service area includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont, but we gladly accept calls no matter where you are located.
The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) is a national nonprofit and thought leader dedicated to promoting research on biological sex differences in disease and improving women’s health through science, policy, and education. Founded in 1990 by a group of physicians, medical researchers, and health advocates, SWHR is making women’s health mainstream by addressing unmet needs and research gaps in women’s health. Thanks to SWHR’s efforts, women are now routinely included in most major medical research studies and more scientists are considering sex as a biological variable in their research. Visit www.swhr.org for more information.
The California Telehealth Resource Center (CTRC) offers no-cost, unbiased training and educational resources that help California providers and patients get the most from telehealth. We create lasting change and improvement by focusing on implementation, sustainability, reimbursement and policy, integration, workflows, and patient/provider adoption.
As part of the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers and the OCHIN family of companies, CTRC assists thousands of providers and patients annually. We have extensive experience supporting the health care safety net, rural and urban providers, and patients and families throughout California who would otherwise be unable to access quality health care due to geographic isolation, language/cultural barriers, lack of insurance, disability, homelessness, and more.
The Heartland Telehealth Resource Center (HTRC) is a federally-funded resource center that seeks to increase adoption of telehealth in order to better serve rural and underserved residents in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Our telehealth solutions help you build sustainable telehealth programs or expand existing services in your communities.
In 2017, Utah Telehealth Network (UTN) was selected by the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Department of Health and Human Services to host the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center (NRTRC). The NRTRC is part of the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers. The NRTRC collaborates with 11 regional resource centers and two national resource centers to share information and resources.
The Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center (MATRC) was established as one of the twelve regional TRCs in September 2011 with the mission of advancing the adoption and utilization of telehealth and telehealth best practices within the MATRC region. MATRC is committed to facilitating access to quality health care for rural and underserved communities and populations throughout Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Watch this brief introductory video about MATRC.
The Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center (PBTRC) is committed to expanding the availability of healthcare to underserved populations via telehealth and serves as the primary telehealth information resource for the Pacific region.
The South Central Telehealth Resource Center (SCTRC) broadens the focus and mission of the Institute for Digital Health & Innovation to serve several states in the Delta. Through the South Central Telehealth Resource Center, existing and developing telehealth networks that serve the South’s medically underserved, rural populations can gain access to custom-tailored direction and expert-level resources on how to further their clinical and educational reach.
The SCTRC allows more rural Arkansans to receive quality healthcare closer to home through $947,087 in funding provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration. It is the health care providers in the rural Delta areas that most need the benefits provided through telehealth, but these providers often do not have the resources to initiate such services in their communities. Recently, these rural providers were offered a new tool through SCTRC. The LearnTelehealth.org website allows providers and anyone interested to receive numerous tools, including videos, blog postings, and interactive training, in the development and facilitation of telehealth programs. Not only will SCTRC expand education to healthcare providers within the three-state region over the next fiscal year, it will also begin to educate those in Louisiana, a newly added site that will greatly benefit from telehealth implementation.
The UMTRC provides a single point of contact for telehealth resources across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio through educational and outreach presentations, individualized technical assistance, facilitation, connection to local or distant providers, and archived resources via our website and staff. We are proud to be a part of the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers (NCTRC). The UMTRC is one of the 12 regional Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) that is committed to helping your organization advance telehealth education, overcome barriers, and provide you with resources to meet your telehealth program goals.
The National Telehealth Technology Assessment Resource Center is based out of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), and builds upon the organization’s talents in telehealth as established with the AFHCAN program and products.
The National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers (NCTRC) is dedicated to building sustainable telehealth programs and improving health outcomes for rural and underserved communities.
The National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers (NCTRC) is a collaborative of 12 regional and 2 national Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs), committed to implementing telehealth programs for rural and underserved communities.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), administered through grant # GA5RH37470, TRCs across the nation provide timely and accurate information on telehealth.
Our 12 regional and 2 national TRCs are expertly staffed and lead the advancement and accessibility of telehealth with a focus in rural communities, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). As a consortium, we are dedicated to helping organizations and practices overcome barriers, advance telehealth education, and provide resources.
The regional TRCs are experts in telehealth implementation. TRCs are equipped to provide technical assistance, education, and resources on various topics. Each TRC has a regional uniqueness, allowing them to provide a wide range of assistance targeting local community needs. The NCTRC is dedicated in playing its part in expanding the reach of healthcare and sustainable telehealth programs in local, rural, and underserved communities for the most vulnerable populations.
Established in 1985, The ALS Association is the only national nonprofit organization fighting ALS on every front. Our mission is to discover treatments and a cure for ALS, and to serve, advocate for, and empower people affected by ALS to live their lives to the fullest.
For more than 70 years, the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has been committed to accelerating research, advancing care, and advocating to empower people living with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related neuromuscular diseases. Learn more at MDA.org.
DiabetesSisters is a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 2008 with a mission to improve the health and quality of life of women with diabetes and to advocate on their behalf. The organization offers a range of education and support services to help women of all ages with all types of diabetes live healthier, fuller lives. Since 2010, our PODS (Part of DiabetesSisters) Meetup Program has offered monthly peer-led support to women with any type of diabetes or prediabetes, providing a safe and non-judgmental place to discuss the successes and challenges of living with diabetes.
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide, including those who have experienced a loss. AFSP creates a culture that’s smart about mental health through public education and community programs, develops suicide prevention through research and advocacy, and provides support for those affected by suicide. AFSP headquartered in New York, with a public policy office in Washington, DC, AFSP has local chapters in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, with programs and events nationwide.
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) is the leading independent patient advocacy organization representing all individuals and families affected by rare diseases in the United States. Alongside a growing network of disease-specific member organizations, professional patient advocacy groups, and industry partners, NORD improves lives, empowers patients and caregivers, and provides the right information and resources at the right time.
The International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH) exists to facilitate the international dissemination of knowledge and experience in digital health, to provide access to recognised experts in the field worldwide, and to offer unprecedented networking opportunities to the international digital health community.
The International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth is the international federation of national associations who represent their country’s telemedicine and eHealth stakeholders, together with other associations, institutions, companies and individuals with an activity or keen interest in digital health.
The ISfTeH fosters the sharing of knowledge and experiences across organizations and across borders and aims to promote the widespread use of ICT tools and solutions in health and social care in order to improve access to healthcare services, improve quality of care, integrate care pathways, share and exchange information with citizens/patients and reduce costs.
The ISfTeH is also recognized as “Non-State Actor in Official Relations with the World Health Organization”, making it the international reference in telemedicine and eHealth for health policy makers from around the world. Through its national member associations and through courses, conferences and other initiatives, the ISfTeH does participate in the establishment of digital health training and implementation, and provides assistance and education where needed.
Join our network of member organizations from over 100 countries around the world. The ISfTeH is your door to the global telemedicine and eHealth community. Through its various activities and members, the ISfTeH can assist you in the promotion and dissemination of your research; help you to enhance your healthcare services with new tools and technologies; provide ideas to broaden your educational programs and courses; and widen your international business network.
Vot-ER connects healthcare institutions and providers with the tools, training, and community to register colleagues and patients to vote, bringing providers and patients together to promote civic engagement and create healthier communities across the United States.
Telehealth Access for America (TAFA) is a public education campaign supported by leaders in health care committed to better care, expanded patient choice, and protecting access to critical telehealth services.
The South Carolina Telehealth Alliance (SCTA) is a statewide collaboration of 25+ organizations joining forces to expand telehealth services across the state. The SCTA is guided by an advisory council of telehealth leaders from across the state, and partners remain aligned through the statewide telehealth strategic plan.
The Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center (SETRC) is one of 14 Telehealth Resource Centers ( 12 Regional and 2 National) funded by the federal Office for the Advancement of Telehealth through a grant program to provide support and guidance to telehealth programs. Our mission is to serve as a focal point for advancing the effective use of telehealth and support access to telehealth services in rural and underserved communities in the southeastern region of the United States, which include Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. We have extensive telehealth experience and can provide services, resources and tools to both developing and operating programs.
The Northeast Telehealth Resource Center (NETRC) has a mission to increase access to quality health care services for rural and medically underserved populations through Telehealth. We provide FREE, individualized technical assistance, education, and other resources in collaboration with the Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers, MCD Public Health, and the University of Vermont. Our service area includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont, but we gladly accept calls no matter where you are located.
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is a national nonprofit membership organization with more than 21,000 members. The association’s mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues through advocacy, communications, education and research. NRHA membership consists of a diverse collection of individuals and organizations, all of whom share the common bond of an interest in rural health.
The National Minority Health Association, founded in 1988 by Dr. David L. Dalton, Chairman, and CEO, UNIVEC Conglomerate, Inc. (UNVC), achieved its initial mission of ensuring the establishment of Offices of Minority Health in all 50 states. Today the NMHA is adding to its mission and deploying new programs that utilize patient-centered, value-based care and new ways of enhancing care to patients where they are, lowering costs, and improving outcomes for minority and underserved communities.
Easterseals is leading the way to full equity, inclusion, and access through life-changing disability and community services. For more than 100 years, we have worked tirelessly with our partners to enhance quality of life and expand local access to healthcare, education, and employment opportunities. And we won’t rest until every one of us is valued, respected, and accepted. Through our national network of Affiliates, Easterseals provides essential services and on-the-ground supports to more than 1.5 million people each year – from early childhood programs for the critical first five years, to autism services, medical rehabilitation and employment programs, veterans’ services, and more. Our public education, policy, and advocacy initiatives positively shape perceptions and address the urgent and evolving needs of the one in four Americans living with disabilities today. Together, we’re empowering people with disabilities, families, and communities to be full and equal participants in society.
In 2017, Utah Telehealth Network (UTN) was selected by the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Department of Health and Human Services to host the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center (NRTRC). The NRTRC is part of the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers. The NRTRC collaborates with 11 regional resource centers and two national resource centers to share information and resources.
Slice of Healthcare is a leading healthcare media company focused on creating bite-sized healthcare content, most of which is driven by podcasts. The company prides itself on being the place for healthcare organizations to tell their founding, fundraising, partnership and other stories. Slice of Healthcare produces and manages multiple podcast shows that have consistently ranked in the top 10 healthcare business news podcasts. Across its network of shows, the company releases over 400 episodes per year and has had many notable healthcare leaders and founders as guests.
The Wyoming Telehealth Network exists to support healthcare entities and providers with professional development, collaboration, and access to telecommunications technology, and to improve health outcomes for Wyoming residents with increased access to care through telecommunications technology.
For nearly 30 years, WEDI has been an instrumental force in igniting public-private partnerships to empower meaningful changes for the American health care system. Recognized and trusted as a formal advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), WEDI is the leading authority on the use of health IT to efficiently improve health information exchange, enhance care quality, and reduce costs. With a focus on advancing standards for electronic administrative transactions, promoting data privacy and security, WEDI has been instrumental in aligning the industry in an effort to harmonize administrative and clinical data
After discovering a great need for a professional development group for women in the healthcare industry, “Women in Healthcare” was born. The purpose of our organization is to promote the professional development of females in the healthcare industry, to empower one another, support growth and mentorship, and support business through sharing successful techniques, leads, contacts, products and services. We provide content that furthers the individuals’ knowledge of industry related fields and trends, enhances professional development tools and gives a forum for personal growth.
In 1980, Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan, that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became the Susan G. Komen organization and the beginning of a global movement. What was started with $200 and a shoebox full of potential donor names has now grown into the world’s largest nonprofit source of funding for the fight against breast cancer. To date, we’ve invested more than $2.9 billion in groundbreaking research, community health outreach, advocacy and programs in more than 60 countries. Our efforts helped reduce deaths from breast cancer by 40 percent between 1989-2016 and we won’t stop until our promise is fulfilled.
The Mississippi Telehealth Association (MTHA) provides a statewide forum for the purposes of developing telehealth related policies and programs designed to improve healthcare for Mississippians. MTHA membership consists of telehealth service providers, technology vendors, telecommunications providers, hospitals, patient advocacy and wellness organizations, and other relevant groups. We are committed to increasing access and overall quality of healthcare in the state of Mississippi.
Established in 1975 as the Association of Sleep Disorders Centers, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is the only professional society dedicated exclusively to the medical subspecialty of sleep medicine.
As the leading voice in the sleep field, the AASM sets standards and promotes excellence in sleep medicine health care, education, and research. The AASM has a combined membership of 11,000 accredited member sleep centers and individual members, including physicians, scientists, and other health care professionals.
Patient in Focus is an international, disease neutral, nonprofit patient organization based in Europe. Built by patients for patients. Patient in Focus provides the opportunity to make a difference for yourself and others by being a voice with healthcare professionals, researchers, industry, academics etc. We do this through patient engagement, counseling, and a strong patient community, where we can create life-changing purpose and quality of life despite chronic illness, pain, and disabled.
Crossover Health is the leader in delivering value-based hybrid care. The company’s national medical group delivers – at scale – Primary Health, a proven care model driven by an interdisciplinary team inclusive of primary care, physical medicine, mental health, health coaching and care navigation. With a focus on wellbeing and prevention that extends beyond traditional sick care, Crossover’s care model is rooted in trusted relationships with its members to flexibly surround them with care – via in-person or virtual care – based on member preference. Combining a sophisticated approach to data analytics that incorporate social determinants of health, Crossover delivers concrete results and measurable value for employers, payers and most importantly, members. Together we are building health as it should be and engaging a community of members to live their best health. To learn more, visit crossoverhealth.com or follow us on social media @crossoverhealth.
The Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEHI) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization with member organizations from diverse sectors of U.S. health care, including, among others, patient advocates, payers, providers, biopharma, pharmacy, and academia. NEHI’s mission is to solve complex problems and achieve better value in health care by fostering innovation through interdisciplinary collaboration among diverse stakeholders.
The National Psoriasis Foundation is the leading nonprofit funder of psoriatic disease and comorbidities research. NPF supports, educates, and advocates for the 8 million people in the U.S. who experience psoriasis and the health care providers who treat them. The mission of NPF is to drive efforts to cure psoriatic disease and improve the lives of those affected.
The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) is dedicated to finding cures for inheritable blood disorders and to addressing and preventing the complications of these disorders through research, education, and advocacy enabling people and families to thrive.
The National Association for the Support of Long Term Care (NASL) is an advocacy organization representing suppliers of ancillary services and providers to the long term and post-acute care (LTPAC) sector. NASL is a founding member of the Long Term and Post-Acute Care Health Information Technology Collaborative (LTPAC Health IT Collaborative), which was formed in 2005 to advance health IT issues by encouraging coordination among provider organizations, policymakers, vendors, payers and other stakeholders to increase interoperability.
The Nashville Health Care Council is a premier association of health care industry leaders working together to inspire global collaboration to improve health care by serving as a catalyst for leadership and innovation.
The Mended Hearts, Inc. inspires hope and improves the quality of life for heart patients and their families through ongoing peer-to-peer support, education, and advocacy. Mended Hearts® provides our services across the lifespan and free of charge to patients and their caregivers.
For more than a quarter of a century, MassMEDIC has been the voice of the groundbreaking medical technology industry in New England, advocating for sound public policy that supports innovation, and fostering a community built on a shared purpose: Saving and improving the lives of patients everywhere through medical technology.
The Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) is the nation’s largest lymphoma-focused health organization devoted to improving care through education and support services and improving outcomes through investment in the most promising lymphoma research. Our mission is to eradicate lymphoma and serve all those impacted by this blood cancer.
The Haystack Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that brings together patients organizations representing patients suffering from or caring for patients with extremely rare diseases. Our mission is to educate policymakers and other stakeholders about the need for policies that recognize the unique circumstances of extremely rare conditions and treatments and expand incentives critical to ensuring they can reach patients.
Essential Access Health champions and promotes quality sexual and reproductive health care for all. Recent transformations in our health care delivery system have expanded opportunities to increase remote access to these essential services. Telehealth Essentials is an online resource hub designed to support the delivery of sexual and reproductive health care through a broad range of telehealth modalities.
The EMAA (Expanding Medication Abortion Access) Project seeks to improve the way the medications prescribed for medication abortion care are dispensed in the United States, to make the process consistent with the medical and scientific evidence and to meet women’s needs.
ECHAlliance is the Global Connector for digital health. Our global community connects 78 countries and 4.4 billion people (Africa, Americas, Asia, Canada, Caribbean, China, Europe, Commonwealth, India, the Pacific & USA) and over 20,000 experts – including governments, health & social care providers, leading companies and start-ups, researchers, insurances, patients groups and citizens. We have an intelligence network of over 70+ Ecosystems, run a number of international projects, provide up to date news and social media content and organise key digital health events. We launched the Global Health Connector Partnership to continue working on the mission of connecting global health communities pursuing solutions to shared problems and discovering common areas of work.
The Digital Health Observatory and The Digital Health Society movements facilitate and promote the transfer of knowledge, experiences and best practices creating a community of knowledge in Digital Health globally.
CEO Action for Racial Equity is focused on improving the lives of the 47+ million Black Americans through advocacy and advancement of public policies that will root out and end systemic racism. Using CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion as a platform, our Fellowship is the first business-led coalition of its kind with a mission to advance racial equity through public policy.
As the largest professionally led nonprofit network of cancer support worldwide, the Cancer Support Community is dedicated to ensuring that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community.
Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare provides trusted and integrated capabilities that makes it easier for organizations to create personalized patient experiences, gives health teams connected collaboration tools, and adopts data standards important to healthcare. Customers can access the broadest and deepest set of trusted solutions to address the biggest challenges in healthcare.
MedWand Solutions, Inc. delivers digital healthcare technologies that enhance the accessibility and quality of healthcare services for clinicians and patients, regardless of location. Transforming the traditional understanding of telemedicine, MedWand combines multiple clinically accurate vitals sensors with a multi-purpose Ultra-HD resolution camera into one, handheld, lightweight device. Data collected can include core temperature, blood oxygen saturation, and pulse rate, heart, lung and abdominal auscultations, electrocardiogram*, and high definition otoscopic, oropharynx, and dermatoscopic exam images. Through approved 3rd party Bluetooth peripherals, the MedWand Mobile and Remote Clinics can also seamlessly capture blood pressure, glucometer, spirometry, and weight data.
MedWand is an FDA approved device created by a team of physicians and engineers to enhance the quality and accessibility of health care services regardless of physical location. The company offers advanced telemedicine solutions for multiple applications that include hospitals, remote clinics, nursing homes, schools, and workplaces.
CDW Healthcare offers you the latest IT solutions and services you need to give your patients the best care across the continuum – from the digital front door to the hospital at home. For more than 30 years, CDW Healthcare has been a trusted partner to more than 15,000 healthcare organizations, including:
We get that you need more than technology – you need a partner who can guide you in developing forward-thinking strategies that address clinician, staff and patient expectations. CDW Healthcare’s resources – including account teams, solution architects and dedicated Healthcare Strategists – bring you in-depth industry expertise, understand your unique environment and apply real-world solutions to your toughest IT challenges. To power the progressive pace of healthcare, you need IT orchestration by CDW Healthcare.
At Definitive Healthcare, our passion is to transform data, analytics, and expertise into healthcare commercial intelligence. We help clients uncover the right markets, opportunities, and people, so they can shape tomorrow’s healthcare industry. Our SaaS platform creates new paths to commercial success in the healthcare market, so companies can identify where to go next.
