I know we've got some colleagues from the Chief Medical Officers Group (CMOG) in the virtual community network, and I wanted to share a newly published resource from the AAMC -- Innovations in Health Technology: Telehealth.
Telehealth use has risen dramatically as health systems look for ways to provide care while protecting providers and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we reassess what health care looks like in a world living with COVID-19, it is crucial that we understand how telehealth impacts medical education and training, the delivery system and its workforce, and patients' access to care. Additionally, the research mission of academic medicine will have an outsized role in evaluating the impact of telehealth services on quality, costs, and outcomes of care.
This collection of resources:
- Highlights how the AAMC and its members are implementing and using telehealth to provide high-quality care and improve access;
- Provides regulatory support for telehealth at health care institutions, including education about recent updates;
- Shares learnings across academic medicine about telehealth implementation and training; and
- Uncovers insights from research and other literature about the impact of telehealth on access and workforce.
CC:
@John Blebea,
@Sandra Brooks,
@Penny Castellano,
@Joseph Chang,
@Michael Charness,
@John Cromwell,
@Christina Finlayson,
@Jason Foltz,
@Jennifer Goldstein,
@Russell Howerton,
@Joseph Kass,
@Marcia Katz,
@Elisabeth Kunkel,
@Issam Moussa,
@Erika Saunders,
@Jeff Schneider,
@Duane Smoot,
@Ronald Vender,
@Tom Whalen,
@Jerome Yaklic
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Stephanie Weiner
Manager of Digital Strategy
Association of American Medical Colleges
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