[TAO] Fwd: NRTRC News & Views Newsletter May 2013

Tue Jun 4 08:32:04 PDT 2013

Good Morning,

This is the latest edition of NRTRC's newsletter. Note that the feature
article is about Legacy's Tele-baby program.  Great program and nice
article.  Legacy is a TAO member, and we are proud of their innovative work!

Cathy

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 *My 2 Cents Worth*

By Bob Wolverton, NRTRC Program Director

Howdy! It’s been a busy month! I’ve been on the road, making visits to our
Board members and a lot of other people interested in Telehealth. The
conversations have been informative and interesting.

WASHINGTON

So far, I’ve visited both Nancy Vorhees and Cara Towle in Washington. Cara
took me to Seattle Children’s Hospital to meet with a number of
Telemedicine folks at SCH and at the University of Washington, arranged
several meetings with

the Medical School staff and gave me the chance to sit in on a Project ECHO
meeting. Great! Nancy invited me to a Northwest Telehealth staff meeting,
gave me some time with a number of INHS folks and shared a lot of her time,
helping me understand what’s going on in her area.

IDAHO

In Idaho, Tom Hauer in Coeur d’Alene set up several meetings with folks who
will be super partners for NRTRC. We have

a great synergy developing in northern Idaho. And, not to be outdone, Neill
Piland squired me around Pocatello, fed me a lot of good food and arranged
some very productive meetings as well with tele-pharmacy and network folks.
All those Idaho contacts have been active since the meeting and great things
are in the works (more when we have something nailed down!).

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 *AHRQ Launches Regional Partnership Development Initiative to Promote
Comparative Effectiveness Research *

By Catherine Britain, Staff Writer

The Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently
launched efforts to promote comparative effectiveness research (CER), a
type of patient- centered outcomes research, in patient and professional
communities in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S.

territories. AHRQ has established five Regional Partnership Development
Offices that are cultivating sustainable partnerships with hospitals and
health systems, patient advocacy organizations, businesses, and other
groups that serve clinicians, consumers, and policymakers. You’re invited
to learn more about CER and to partner with AHRQ by using and encouraging
others to use free CER reports and materials, which support efforts to
improve the quality of health care

in communities.

*What is comparative effectiveness research?*

Comparative effectiveness research provides information that helps
clinicians and patients work together to treat an illness or condition. CER
compares drugs, medical devices, tests, surgeries, or ways to deliver
health care. The research findings don’t tell clinicians how to practice
medicine or which treatment is best, but they provide evidence-based
information on the effectiveness and risks of different treatments.

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     *Montana Legislates Telemedicine Reimbursement*

>From the ATA Telemedicine State Policy Center

Montana became the nineteenth state to sign into law requirements for
private insurers to cover healthcare services provided via telemedicine
comparable to that of in-person services.

The Montana legislation was introduced earlier this year by Senator Edward
Buttrey (R-13) and received overwhelming bipartisan support in both the
House and Senate. The law mandates coverage under private health insurance
plans and defines telemedicine as the use of real-time interactive audio,
video, or other telecommunications technology, including
store-and-forward-technology, used by a health care provider or health care
facility to deliver health care services at a site other than the site
where the patient is located.

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*Telemedicine for Neonatal Resuscitation: An Innovative Use of Technology*

By Pat Scheans and Lauren Rose, Guest Writers

 Maintaining high levels of readiness for neonatal resuscitation in
community, low-risk maternity hospitals is challenging. Extensive neonatal
resuscitation is needed at approximately one percent of deliveries, with
care during these high-risk, low-volume events being guided by the American
Academy of Pediatrics/American Heart Association Neonatal Resuscitation
Program (NRP). Use of this algorithm is a community standard, but training
is often only required every two years (AAP/AHA, 2010). Consequently, few
nurses or clinicians receive enough exposure to these critical patient
events, either in training, or in practice, to become proficient at timely
implementation of the algorithm and the advanced procedures such as chest
compressions, umbilical vein intravenous access, and endotracheal
intubation. In one study, the average Neonatal Resuscitation Index
(knowledge) score was low (69%). Many skills needed for full resuscitation
are not performed very often, not even yearly, and low levels of comfort
with skills needed for full resuscitation are reported by the staff and
resuscitation team members (Jukkala and Henly, 2009).

Telemedicine for neonatal resuscitation can address this problem by
providing the addition of a remote, expert NRP leader in the form of a
NICU-based neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) or neonatologist via
telemedicine technology. This paper provides an overview of this innovative
health information technology application: augmenting the effectiveness of
the low-risk maternity center team involved in resuscitation of newborns
with a remote leader in a tertiary care center.

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*2014 Telemedicine Conference *

By Sara Rivera, Social Media Specialist

Planning has already begun for next year's conference!  The Telehealth
Alliance of Oregon has invited us to hold our third annual conference at
the Benson Hotel in beautiful downtown Portland on March 24-26.

The announcement of our conference theme and the call for presentations
will be available soon.  All the latest information on the conference can
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