I would like to invite all of you to attend the three upcoming AAMC Learning Series: Advancing Health Equity Through Telehealth Upcoming Sessions in August 2023! The AAMC Learning Series: Advancing Health Equity Through Telehealth aims to highlight the role of academic medicine in promoting and advancing health equity through telehealth. Key elements of the series will focus on understanding the impact of telehealth on equity and access to care, the role data can play in improving telehealth access, and evolving best practices that are being used by health systems to improve digital health literacy and narrow the digital divide. An overview of each webinar is included below. Questions? Please contact telehealth@aamc.org.
- 2023 Telehealth Equity Catalyst Awards – Symposium Presentation Day 1 – Monday, August 7, 3:00-4:30PM ET. Hear from Telehealth Equity Catalyst Awardees from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, John Hopkins Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina and Oregon Health & Science University. Please register to attend.
- 2023 Telehealth Equity Catalyst Awards – Symposium Presentation Day 2 – Wednesday, August 16, 2:30-3:45PM ET. Hear from Telehealth Equity Catalyst Awardees from Massachusetts General, Oregon Health & Science University, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine and University of California, Davis. Please register to attend.
- Approaching Telehealth Through a Health Equity Lens at the Health System and Patient Levels, a Children's Colorado Example – Friday, August 18, 3:00-4:00PM ET. Children's Hospital Colorado has implemented their own health equity lens in their approach to telehealth at the health system and patient levels. Children's Hospital Colorado will detail their process for recognizing patient needs, exemplify telehealth technology and workflow features that prioritize improving equity in patient population and provide a framework for fellow institution to create organizational approach for optimizing telehealth services to address diverse patient population needs. Please register to attend.
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Katie Reget
Sr Program Specialist
Association of American Medical Colleges
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