<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=05f594c3a7&view=fimg&th=14e6fdb24e72a41c&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_ibvckg2h0_14e6fd231f0a10f1&attbid=ANGjdJ93dccd4qTX2FIbE8tYhqxCPK68XrUc1NxTGHPPjYFub1d5WzfNTptvUQbAW17HFZdip8G-jVgX395n6kfL2-k3sechlnZqiGZd4sm1VFai3AZrvrR6LupzQ1U&sz=s0-l75&ats=1436395709994&rm=14e6fdb24e72a41c&zw" width="114" height="50" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br>​<br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:large">​</span>Greetings and welcome to this week's issue of the information digest.  There's a lot of new material for you to see.  Since I sent you an update on TAO last week, I will begin the digest this week with upcoming events.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:large">​</span><font color="#38761d"><b>Upcoming Events:</b></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:1.1em;text-align:center">1. <a href="http://services.choruscall.com/links/hrsa150610.html" target="_blank">HRSA webinar: Meeting the Triple Aim with Telehealth</a>, Wednesday, July15, 2015,10 AM PDT</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:1.1em;text-align:center"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:1.1em;text-align:center">2. <a href="http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/NPC/National-Provider-Calls-and-Events-Items/2015-07-16-PQRS.html?DLPage=1&DLEntries=10&DLSort=0&DLSortDir=descending" target="_blank">CMS webinar: 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule</a>, July 16, 2015, 10:30 AM </span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:1.1em;text-align:center"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000">3. </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:1.1em"><a href="http://www.telehealthresourcecenter.org/events" target="_blank">National Telehealth Webinar Series - Using Telehealth Technology to Monitor Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence</a>, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:1.1em;text-align:center">Thursday, July 16, 2015, 1:00 PM PDT </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:1.1em;text-align:center"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:1.1em;text-align:center">4. <a href="http://www.telemedicine.arizona.edu/distant-education/upcoming-workshops" target="_blank"> Webinar: Telerheumatology Promises and Problems in the 21st Century</a>, Thursday July 23,2015, 10 am PDT</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:1.1em;text-align:center"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:1.1em;text-align:center">5.<u><a href="http://www.americantelemed.org/2015-ata-fall-forum/conference-overview#.VZ6xx_lViko" target="_blank"> 2015 ATA Fall Forum</a></u>, September 16-18, Washington DC</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif;line-height:1.1em;text-align:center"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:14px" color="#000000">6</font><font style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">. <a href="http://www.health2con.com/events/conferences/health-2-0-fall-2015/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews" target="_blank">Health 2.0 9th Annual Fall Conference</a>, </font></font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><span>October 4-7, 2015, </span></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma">Santa Clara, CA</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma">7.  <a href="http://oregonconnections.info/" target="_blank">Oregon Connections Telecommunications Conference</a>, October 22-23, 2015, Hood River, OR</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma">8. <a href="https://www.ohsu.edu/xd/outreach/oregon-rural-health/about/events/index.cfm?trumbaEmbed=eventid%3D111352645%26view%3Devent%26-childview%3D" target="_blank">32nd Annual Oregon Rural Health Conference</a>, October 28-30, 2015, Salishan</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma"><span style="font-size:12px">9. <a href="http://symposium.connected-health.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews" target="_blank">Connected Health Symposium</a>, </span></font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px">October 29-</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px"><span>30, 2015,</span></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px"> B</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px">oston, MA</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma"><span style="font-size:12px">10. </span></font><font style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.wirelesshealth2015.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews" target="_blank">Wireless Health 2015</a>, October 14-15, 2015, </font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma">Bethesda, MD</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma">11.<a href="http://www.mhealthsummit.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews" target="_blank"> </a></font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.mhealthsummit.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews" target="_blank"> </a></font></span><a href="http://www.mhealthsummit.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews" target="_blank"><font style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">mHealth</font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Summi</span></a><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://www.mhealthsummit.org/?utm_source=MobiHealthNews" target="_blank">t</a>, N</font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma">ov 08 -</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><span>11, 2015, </span></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma">Washington, DC</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma">12.  </span><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><font color="#38761d"><b>TAO ANNUAL MEETING and SUMMIT: Telemedicine Everywhere! March 3-4, 2016</b></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><font color="#38761d"><b><br></b></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><font color="#38761d"><b><br></b></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#6aa84f"><b>Interesting Articles:</b></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000">1. </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.03"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Eugene-based HIV Alliance creating system to reach remote, rural HIV patients</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000"><a href="http://klcc.org/post/telehealth-pharmacy-project-helps-rural-hiv-patients" target="_blank"> http://klcc.org/post/telehealth-pharmacy-project-helps-rural-hiv-patients</a> and</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000"><a href="http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33213443-75/eugene-based-hiv-alliance-creating-system-to-reach-remote-rural-hiv-patients.html.csp" target="_blank">http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33213443-75/eugene-based-hiv-alliance-creating-system-to-reach-remote-rural-hiv-patients.html.csp<br></a></font></div><div class="gmail_default">One of the Telemedicine grants funded by the Oregon Health Authority.  Great project!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">2.<span style="color:rgb(94,94,94);font-family:'Open Sans Condensed',sans-serif;line-height:1.1">Reimbursement Misconceptions Trending in Telehealth Services</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#5e5e5e" face="Open Sans Condensed, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:14.3000001907349px"><a href="http://mhealthintelligence.com/news/reimbursement-misconceptions-trending-in-telehealth-services" target="_blank">http://mhealthintelligence.com/news/reimbursement-misconceptions-trending-in-telehealth-services</a></span></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="Open Sans Condensed, sans-serif">TAO is finding this to be the case in Oregon despite the attention received by SB 144.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="Open Sans Condensed, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="Open Sans Condensed, sans-serif">3.CMS proposes a few clarifications to its chronic care management billing code</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="Open Sans Condensed, sans-serif"><a href="http://mobihealthnews.com/44983/cms-proposes-a-few-clarifications-to-its-chronic-care-management-billing-code/">http://mobihealthnews.com/44983/cms-proposes-a-few-clarifications-to-its-chronic-care-management-billing-code/</a><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">4. Caring from a distance: The role of telehealth</div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/specialisms/district-and-community-nursing/caring-from-a-distance-the-role-of-telehealth/5087446.article" target="_blank">http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/specialisms/district-and-community-nursing/caring-from-a-distance-the-role-of-telehealth/5087446.article</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Excellent article.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;display:inline">​​</div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default">5. Pediatricians' group set limits on telemedicine</div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="http://mobihealthnews.com/44875/american-academy-of-pediatrics-supports-telemedicine-but-only-if-pcp-led/" target="_blank">http://mobihealthnews.com/44875/american-academy-of-pediatrics-supports-telemedicine-but-only-if-pcp-led/</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">6. Congress makes a big telehealth push</div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/congress-makes-big-telehealth-push" target="_blank">http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/congress-makes-big-telehealth-push</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default">We'll be tracking HR 2066.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">7. Online doctor visits can be easy, but Congress thinks they increase costs</div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/online-doctor-visits-can-be-easy-but-congress-thinks-they-increase-costs/2015/06/22/a1d830ce-0eb9-11e5-a0dc-2b6f404ff5cf_story.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/online-doctor-visits-can-be-easy-but-congress-thinks-they-increase-costs/2015/06/22/a1d830ce-0eb9-11e5-a0dc-2b6f404ff5cf_story.html</a></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">8.Licensure compact moving forward</div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="http://federaltelemedicine.com/?p=3507" target="_blank">http://federaltelemedicine.com/?p=3507</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default">A definite TAO policy discussion</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">9. Why less than 1 percent of Medicare beneficiaries use video visits</div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="http://mobihealthnews.com/44731/why-less-than-1-percent-of-medicare-beneficiaries-use-video-visits/" target="_blank">http://mobihealthnews.com/44731/why-less-than-1-percent-of-medicare-beneficiaries-use-video-visits/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Back again in two weeks!</div><div class="gmail_default">Cathy</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Catherine S. Britain, Program Director</div>
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