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.
Link to More information
- 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.
Presenters:
Jeffrey Hall, PhD, MSPH, MA, Chief Health Equity Officer, COVID-19 Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Edward Lee, MD, Executive Vice President, Information Technology, and Chief Information Officer
The Permanente Federation
Associate Executive Director
The Permanente Medical Group
Matthew Rogers, PA, Clinical Operations Director
Virtual Integrated Multisite Patient Aligned Care Team
Veteran’s Health Administration
Leonie Heyworth, MD, MPH, National Synchronous Telehealth Lead
Office of Connected Care | Telehealth
Veteran’s Health Administration
