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

Tue Jun 4 16:05:45 PDT 2013

Hi- would we be permitted to share this on our Legacy website?

Thanks-

Pat

Pat Scheans, MSN, NNP-BC

Clinical Support for Neonatal Care

Legacy Health

Portland, OR

pscheans at lhs.org <mailto:pscheans at lhs.org> 

(503) 413-4432 Office

(503) 970-8829 Cell

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Subject: [TAO] Fwd: NRTRC News & Views Newsletter May 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 be found on our website: www.nrtrcconference.com
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