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 </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Hope you can join the webinar.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Cathy</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Martha Nikides</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martha@nrtrc.org">martha@nrtrc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 9:44 AM<br>Subject: Next Week! Webinar: Telemedicine in a Critical Access Hospital<br>
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        <span style="font-size:31px"><span style="color:#298094"><strong>The Evolution of a Hub and Spoke Telemedicine Program into a Remote Presence Health System</strong></span></span></p>
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        <span style="color:#0000ff"><strong><span style="font-size:26px"><span style="font-weight:bold"> Thursday July 25, 2013</span></span></strong></span></p>
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        <span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif">You are invited to attend the next NRTRC Open Mic Webinar, part of our ongoing education series for folks who are interested in Telehealth. </span></span></p>

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        <span style="font-size:14px"><strong>About this program</strong>:</span></p>
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        <span style="font-size:14px">Please join Doug Romer as he speaks on the changes made in a critical access hospital after utilizing telemedicine.</span></p>
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                <span style="font-size:14px">How a 25 bed critical access hospital has evolved a hub and spoke telemedicine program into a remote presence health care network serving patients with both in and out patient specialty services from providers around the country</span></li>

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                <span style="font-size:14px">The positive impact telemedicine has in health care reform</span></li>
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                <span style="font-size:14px">The role of the electronic Health record as an adjunct to providing telehealth services</span></li>
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        <span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Presented by: Doug Romer, RN</strong></span></p>
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        <span style="font-size:14px">Doug Romer is the Executive Director of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at Grande Ronde Hospital, a twenty-five bed critical access hospital located in rural northeast Oregon.   Doug has over thirty-five years experience in the healthcare industry including Surgical Services management, performance improvement, accreditation and licensure. Doug serves on the Board of the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center and the Telehealth Alliance of Oregon.  Doug is the telemedicine coordinator for Grande Ronde Hospital and has implemented several successful telemedicine programs that have increased access and quality of care for its rural community.  Some of these telemedicine advances are “firsts in the nation” and Grande Ronde continues to build on those successes.</span></p>

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