<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Greetings!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I hope this finds you safely out of the fire areas and away from the smoke filled skies.  For those of you not so fortunate, our thoughts are with you and your communities and hope that the fires in your area will be contained soon.</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><ul style=""><li style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Bob Duehmig and I completed a series of five focus groups throughout the State to determine the gaps in telehealth services and the barriers inhibiting the growth of telehealth. We want to that each of you who took the time to participate.  We gleaned valuable information for our report.  Because we had limited turnout for some of the focus groups we determined that we will need to do some interviews with providers and CCOs not represented in the focus groups before we can finish our report. If you would like to be interviewed please contact me using the information below.  Our final report should be available in October.</font></li><li style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif">TAO welcomes two new members to our ranks - the Southern Oregon Rural Telepresence Alliance (SORTA) and Trillium Family Services. We will publish brief profiles of these two organizations in our next digest.</font><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">   </span></li></ul><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#38761d"><b>Upcoming Events:</b></font></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif">1.</font><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">"2015 Mid-Year Rural Health Policy RoundUp, Southwest TRC webinar September 15, 12 pm. Presenter Alan Morgan, CEO NRHA.  Contact me if you want the flyer.</span></div><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"><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.americantelemed.org/2015-ata-fall-forum/conference-overview#.VZ6xx_lViko" target="_blank"> 2015 ATA Fall Forum</a>, 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 style="font-size:14px" color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">3</font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;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><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">4.  <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">5. <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">6. <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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cy/ata-supports-tele-med-act-to-reduce-barriers-to-health-care.pdf?sfvrsn=4"> </a> Official ATA letter of support for S.1778 and H.R. 3801 <i>The Telemed for Medicare Act of 2015</i><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238)"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">3. <a href="http://southwesttrc.org/blog/2015/western-states-genetic-services-collaborative?utm_source=SWTRC+Blog+Updates&utm_campaign=80a6e5dc1f-SWTRC_RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_68d3a5fca2-80a6e5dc1f-224751913" target="_blank">Western States Genetics Services Collaborative</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">4. <a href="http://mobihealthnews.com/46189/one-third-of-cvs-minuteclinic-visitors-prefer-on-site-telehealth-to-an-in-person-visit/" target="_blank">One third of CVS MinuteClinic visitors prefer on-site telehealth to an in-person visit</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">5.<a href="http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150820/NEWS/150819875?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_campaign=am&utm_medium=email&utm_content=externalURL"> <span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Providence to own healthcare clinics inside Walgreens stores in Ore. and Wash.</span></a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">6.  <a href="http://federaltelemedicine.com/?p=3676#more-3676">SAMHSA issues intent to sole source to Project ECHO</a> SAMHSA want to establish a collaboration between Project ECHO and the American Society of Addiction Medicine</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">7.<a href="http://info.mobilecommons.com/WC2015819MC-Combined-Patient-Engagement-and-Acquisition-eBooks.html?utm_source=MobiHealthNews&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Dual%20eBooks">Dual ebooks: Text messaging for patient acquisition and Text messaging for patient engagement</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">8.<a href="http://telemedicine.arizona.edu/blog/why-doctor-patient-relationship-crucial-telemedicine?utm_source=ATP+Blog+Updates&utm_campaign=927d8436b4-RSS_BLOG_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a77498f61b-927d8436b4-87347837">Why the doctor-patient engagement is crucial to telemedicine</a></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Have a great weekend!​</div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Catherine S. Britain, Executive Director</div>
<div>Telehealth Alliance of Oregon<br><a href="mailto:csbritain@gmail.com" target="_blank">csbritain@gmail.com</a><br>541-910-7366</div>
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