<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><img src="cid:ii_icgt05ll0_14ebd26e476f19e9" width="136" height="59" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br>​<br></div><div class="gmail_default">Greetings,</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Hope you are all enjoying the great summer weather!  </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><ul><li>Here at TAO we are continuing to work on our social media debut.  Watch for TAO on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn sometime next week.</li><li>TAO would like to welcome a new member to our ranks.  Andy Eck of Mosaic Medical joined us. You may have heard Andy speak at the TAO Summit last February.He is the Regional Medical Operations Director at Mosaic providing oversight to <span style="font-size:13px;line-height:17px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">3 Family Practice clinics and 2 School Based Health Centers spanning  three counties in Central Oregon. We are pleased and excited to have him as a member.</font></span></li><li>Marty Brown is the new Regional Manager for One Vision Solutions in Oregon.  One Vision is a Founding Member/Champion of TAO and provides great support for our Annual Meeting and Summit.  Welcome, Marty!</li><li>TAO's 9th Annual Meeting and Summit will be held March 3 and 4, 2016 in Portland.  We will have more information for you and a call for papers out to you over the next couple of months.  In the meantime, mark your calendars!</li></ul></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#38761d"><b><br></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#38761d"><b>Upcoming Events:</b></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:large"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><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.<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" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><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" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:14px" color="#000000">2</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">October 4-7, 2015, </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" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma">3.  <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" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma">4. <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" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma"><span style="font-size:12px">5. <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">30, 2015,</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" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px"><br></spa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></span><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:large"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">​​</font></span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">ChrisTamarin, another TAO board member, sent us this article. This will be a great boon for healthcare in Wheeler County.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">3. Project ECHO get grant to expand telehealth initiative</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/project-echo-gets-grant-expand-telehealth-initiative">http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/project-echo-gets-grant-expand-telehealth-initiative </a></font></div></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">4. The ROI of HIPAA compliant texting and telemedicine: improve CMS Core Measures and reduce transfers </div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="http://go.everbridge.com/The-ROI-of-HIPAA-Compliant-Texting-and-Telemedicine---July-2015_Reg-Page.html?trk=MEDIA_EMAIL_ROIHIPAA_MOBI-JULY">http://go.everbridge.com/The-ROI-of-HIPAA-Compliant-Texting-and-Telemedicine---July-2015_Reg-Page.html?trk=MEDIA_EMAIL_ROIHIPAA_MOBI-JULY</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">5.  Insurers see financial value in telemedicine services</div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="http://managedcaremag.com/archives/2015/7/tuning-telemedicine">http://managedcaremag.com/archives/2015/7/tuning-telemedicine</a><a href="http://managedcaremag.com/archives/2015/7/tuning-telemedicine"><br><br></a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">6.  Clinic network with a health plan looks to upend entrenched system</div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="http://www.healthcarepayernews.com/content/clinic-network-health-plan-looks-upend-entrenched-system?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohuanAZKXonjHpfsX56OguWaKzlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4GS8ZgI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D#.VbGYzvlViko">http://www.healthcarepayernews.com/content/clinic-network-health-plan-looks-upend-entrenched-system?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohuanAZKXonjHpfsX56OguWaKzlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4GS8ZgI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D#.VbGYzvlViko</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default">TAO member Zoom+ gets national attention</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">7.  How telemedicine can help SNFs achieve higher performance</div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="http://telemedicine.arizona.edu/blog/how-telemedicine-can-help-snfs-achieve-higher-performance">http://telemedicine.arizona.edu/blog/how-telemedicine-can-help-snfs-achieve-higher-performance</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">8.  Consumers won't get to use Google Glass 2.0, but their doctors might</div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="http://mobihealthnews.com/45363/consumers-wont-get-to-use-google-glass-2-0-but-their-doctors-might/">http://mobihealthnews.com/45363/consumers-wont-get-to-use-google-glass-2-0-but-their-doctors-might/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Hope you have a great weekend!</div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Catherine S. Britain, Program Director</div>
<div>Telehealth Alliance of Oregon<br><a href="mailto:csbritain@gmail.com" target="_blank">csbritain@gmail.com</a><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;display:inline">​​</div><br>541-910-7366</div>
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