<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif">Greetings,</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif">It's been a month since our last digest.  I needed to take some time for a family illness, and to complete the Law and Policy Review which will be opening soon on the TAO <a href="http://www.ortelehealth.org" target="_blank">website</a>.  I am very excited about the Law and Policy Review, as it will serve as a comprehensive resource for information about telehealth law and policy affecting Oregon.</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif">We are also preparing to open the Beta version of the web portal that will have the telemedicine services offered in Oregon from each of the provider organizations.  It will take awhile to populate, but we will have the final version open by the end of the year. </font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">We are beginning to gear up for the Rural Health Conference October 28-30, in Salishan.  TAO will have a booth there so if you are attending stop by and see us and get a look at the Law and Policy Review and the web portal.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b style="color:rgb(56,118,29);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Upcoming Events:</b><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font style="font-size:14px" color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">1 </font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">.Beyond the Wall - How enterprise imaging is improving the continuity of care between organizations, HIMSS, webinar on-demand</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">2.<a href="http://www.himssmediawebinars.com/registration/webinar/harnessing-healthcare-cybersecurity-achieving-cyber-resilience-time-crisis?email=CSBRITAIN@GMAIL.COM&affiliatedata=email1&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRouuKzBZKXonjHpfsX56OguWaKzlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JRcRkI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D"> Harnessing Healthcare Cybersecurity: Achieving Cyber-Resilience in a Time of Crisis</a>, Healthcare IT News webinar September 28th 11 am complimentary</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">3. <a href="http://www.parksassociates.com/health-webcast">Connected Health in the Smart Home: Use Cases and Partnerships</a>, Parks Associates webinar September 29th 9 am complimentary</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">4. <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><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><br></span></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma"><span style="font-size:12px">5. <a href="http://www.patientengagementsummit.com/">Patient Engagement Summit</a> HIMSS Media, October 12-13, San Diego, CA</span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma"><span style="font-size:12px">6. C<a href="http://www.ahip.org/CDF2015/">onsumer and Digital Health Forum</a> AHIP, October 12 -14, Chicago.IL</span></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><br></span></div><div>7. <a href="https://vts.inxpo.com/scripts/Server.nxp?LASCmd=AI:4;F:APIUTILS!51004&PageID=5B487A50-B24E-440F-8AED-AF20940845D7">Building Tomorrow's Delivery  Model</a>  Modern Healthcare, October 21, 7:30 am - 2 pm, virtual conference and expo, cost $249</div><div><br></div><div>8. <a href="http://www.idahoahec.org/telehealth/2015/04/26/save-the-date/">Idaho Telehealth Summit</a> October 22-23, Boise</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><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:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma">9.  <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:12.8px"><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:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma">10. <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:12.8px"><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:12.8px"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma"><span style="font-size:12px">11. <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:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma;font-size:12px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma"><span style="font-size:12px">12. </span></font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><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" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma">8.<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" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">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">11, 2015, </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma">Washington, DC</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><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:12.8px"><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" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma"><font color="#38761d"><b><br></b></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma"><span style="font-size:12px">13. <a href="https://www.nrtrc.org/annual-conference" target="_blank">NRTRC Annual Conference: Spanning the Care Continuum</a>, March 21-23, 2016, Seattle, WA</span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma" color="#38761d"><span style="font-size:12px"><b>Interesting Articles:</b></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12px">1.  <a href="http://southwesttrc.org/blog/2015/your-horse-not-feeling-well-need-x-ray-too-remote-thank-goodness-veterinary-teleradiology?utm_source=SWTRC+Blog+Updates&utm_campaign=aab9270ea1-SWTRC_RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_68d3a5fca2-aab9270ea1-224751913" target="_blank">Your horse not feeling well? Need an x-ray but too remote?  Thank goodness for veterinary teleradiology!</a>  Interesting solution.</span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12px">2.  <a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/08/telemedicine-cant-help-people-need/">Telemedicine can't serve those who need it most</a></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12px">We certainly saw examples of this when we did our focus group tour across Oregon</span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12px">3. <a href="http://www.americantelemed.org/docs/default-source/policy/ata-letter-to-cms-on-chronic-care-management.pdf?sfvrsn=4"> ATA calls for reimbursement improvements in CMS chronic care management rules</a></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma" color="#000000">4.<a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/security-team-yesterday-has-go?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRouuqXPZKXonjHpfsX56OguWaKzlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JScprI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D">  Time to ditch the 'security team of yesterday</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px">5.  <a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/medjacking-newest-healthcare-risk">Medjacking: the newest healthcare risk?</a> Startling!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px">6.  <a href="http://federaltelemedicine.com/?p=3726#more-3726">University of Texas system improving diabetes care</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px">7.  <a href="http://federaltelemedicine.com/?p=3710#more-3710">More Broadband for Rural America</a>  Oregon is one of the states who will benefit</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px">8.  <a href="http://www.healthcarepayernews.com/news/cms-rolls-out-new-value-based-medicare-advantage-program?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRouua7BZKXonjHpfsX56OguWaKzlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JS8tjI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D#.VgVTgstViko">CMS launches value-based Medicare Advantage program</a> This is a five-year program and Oregon Medicare Advantage programs will have the opportunity to participate</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px">9.  <a href="http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2434625">American College of Physicians policy recommendation for the use of telemedicine</a></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">​10. <a href="http://mhealthintelligence.com/news/does-interstate-licensing-hurt-the-telemedicine-market">Does Interstate Licensing Hurt the Telemedicine Market?</a>​</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">11. <a href="http://www.imedicalapps.com/2015/09/telemedicine-emergency-department-patients/">Telemedicine study for specialty care in ERs shows high user </a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="http://www.imedicalapps.com/2015/09/telemedicine-emergency-department-patients/">satisfaction</a></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">12. <a href="http://mobihealthnews.com/46676/in-depth-the-changing-relationship-of-health-plans-and-virtual-visit-services/">How health plans are changing their relationship with virtual visit services</a> </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">Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy this beautiful fall weather.</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">Cathy</div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Catherine S. Britain, Executive Director</div>
<div>Telehealth Alliance of Oregon</div><div><a href="mailto:csbritain@gmail.com" target="_blank">csbritain@gmail.com</a><br><a href="tel:541-910-7366" value="+15419107366" target="_blank">541-910-7366</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.ortelehealth.org" target="_blank">www.ortelehealth.org</a></div>
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