<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 and your families safe and well. Thank you for all the hard work you are doing to provide support to your providers and care for your patients, and it probably feels like you're trying to drink from a fire hose when it comes to dealing with all the changing information regarding telehealth and COVID-19 that is coming at you. </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">To help you manage the flow of information and to assure you get the most accurate possible information TAO has decided to do two things: </div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">First,TAO will continue to 'push' new information out to our members via the listserv as soon as we receive it and can vet its accuracy and authenticity.<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Second, TAO is combining our efforts with the Oregon Office of Rural Health to put this information on the ORH website so that both TAO and ORH members can have access to it on an ongoing basis. <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span> You can see all this information at <a href="https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-office-of-rural-health/orh-covid-19-resources-rural-health" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-office-of-rural-health/orh-covid-19-resources-rural-health</a>. Scroll down to the telemedicine link.<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></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">As of today, there are two new toolkits on the site that were created by our partners at the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center to help answer the hundreds of questions that both groups have been receiving regarding telehealth during the COVID pandemic:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><li class="gmail-m_2283038858035823743MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://nrtrc.org/content/blog-post-files/NRTRC-Telehealth-and-COVID-19-Resources-3-23-2020.pdf" target="_blank">NRTRC COVID-19 and Telehealth Resources</a> a comprehensive, easy to use guide incorporating the most pertinent resources into one document.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="gmail-m_2283038858035823743MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://nrtrc.org/content/blog-post-files/Telehealth-Quick-Start-Guide.pdf" target="_blank">NRTRC Quick Start Guide to Telehealth</a> written for use during the current public health emergency</li><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Please do not hesitate to call or email me if you have questions that are not answered in these resources.</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">Best of luck to you all and be well,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Cathy </div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><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>541-910-7366</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ortelehealth.org" target="_blank">www.ortelehealth.org</a></div>
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