This website brings together practical and current tools, strategies, and information designed to help physicians and other health care providers in Washington State care for children and youth with special health care needs and their families.
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The Impact of Telehealth on Health Equity from the Perspective of Large Healthcare Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic
During this COCA Call, presenters from Kaiser Permanente and the Veteran’s Health Administration will discuss how telehealth has affected health equity in their patient populations before and during the COVID-19
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Event Details
During this COCA Call, presenters from Kaiser Permanente and the Veteran’s Health Administration will discuss how telehealth has affected health equity in their patient populations before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics to discuss include challenges and opportunities related to telehealth implementation. Presenters will share strategies to expand access that can reduce disparities and improve culturally responsive care to help achieve health equity within each organization. In addition, presenters from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will share telehealth strategies that incorporate CDC’s frameworks to Addressing Health Equity in Public Health Practice.
If you are unable to attend the live COCA Call, the recording will be available for viewing on the COCA Call webpage a few hours after the live event ends.
The slide set will be available under “Call Materials” on the COCA Call webpage.
Free Continuing Education (CE) will be offered for this COCA Call.
Advanced registration is not required.
Activity-specific Objectives
At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to accomplish the following—
Describe the impact of telehealth on health equity from the perspective of large healthcare systems.
Describe lessons learned from healthcare systems’ experiences in using telehealth to address health equity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
List strategies to address health equity in telehealth.
Discuss CDC’s health equity and telehealth initiatives and recommendations.
COCA Call Objectives
At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to accomplish the following—
Cite background information on the topic covered during the presentation.
Discuss CDC’s role in the topic covered during the presentation.
Describe the topic’s implications for clinicians.
Discuss concerns and/or issues related to preparedness for and/or response to urgent public health threats.
Promote health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention in cooperation with patients, communities, at-risk populations, and other members of an interprofessional team of health care providers.
Join the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center and other telehealth experts to highlight strategies to optimize revenue capture for telehealth and virtual services. We will primarily focus on the
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Join the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center and other telehealth experts to highlight strategies to optimize revenue capture for telehealth and virtual services. We will primarily focus on the outpatient setting, touching on primary and specialty care, behavioral health, care management and more. You don’t want to miss this webinar if you are a biller, coder, revenue cycle specialist, manager, clinician or care team member! (CME pending) Dec. 9 at 11 a.m PST.
Learning objectives:
• Identify opportunities to enhance remote services reimbursement
• Clarify and address telehealth billing & reimbursement knowledge gaps
• List ways to improve the person-centered side of telehealth billing
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
Haring Center Senior Director, Professional Development & Training Ariane Gauvreau
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Family support is a large part of a special educator's role, but the
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
Haring Center Senior Director, Professional Development & Training Ariane Gauvreau
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Family support is a large part of a special educator’s role, but the shift to online learning has made this incredibly difficult. This webinar will cover ways of supporting families during COVID 19 and with the shift to distance learning. We will share resources for conducting virtual home visits and discuss ways school staff can connect with families, assess their needs, connect them with resources, and support them in meeting their child’s’ needs at home.
