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Opportunities for Telehealth in the North Country What is Telehealth? What Barriers Do We Face? Who Are We and What Are We Doing? What Are My Next Steps? Telemedicine Telehealth eHealth MobileHealth Hub/Spoke


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Opportunities for Telehealth in the North Country

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 What is Telehealth?  What Barriers Do We Face?  Who Are We and What Are We Doing?  What Are My Next Steps?

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 Telemedicine  Telehealth  eHealth  MobileHealth  Hub/Spoke

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Barriers to Implementation

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 Who covers telemed

medicine icine?

  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Private Insurance Companies

 What

t you need to be be mindful l of?

  • Location of hub and spoke site
  • Type of provider
  • Services provided
  • Live vs. Store and Forward
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Despite the Challenges

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 Member

mber Hospital tals s

  • Alice Hyde Medical Center
  • Canton-Potsdam Hospital
  • Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center
  • Massena Memorial Hospital
  • Samaritan Medical Center
  • Community Providers, Inc.

(Champlain Valley Physician Hospital & Elizabethtown Community Hospital)

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Spec ecia ialt lty Hub Site te (Prov

  • vider

er) Spok

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e Site te (Pati tient ent) Psychiatry

  • St. Joseph’s
  • Lowville Medical Associates
  • North Country Family Health Center
  • Lewis County General Hospital

Psychology Psychological Services

  • Samaritan Pain Clinic

Remote Monitoring Bosch Health Buddies

  • 7 Different Community Facilities in

Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties

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Spec ecia ialt lty Hub Site te (Prov

  • vider

er) Spok

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e Site te (Pati tient ent) Movement Disorders/Parkinson’s Disease University of Rochester Medical Center

  • Samaritan Keep Home
  • Samaritan Summit Village

Pain Management Samaritan Medical Center

  • Clifton Fine Hospital

Cardiology (hypertension) Cardiology Associates

  • Clifton Fine Hospital

Pulmonology/Critical Care Pulmonary Associates

  • Clifton Fine Hospital

Urogynecology

  • Dr. Hawkins
  • Clifton Fine Hospital

Ophthalmology

  • Dr. Ewing-Chow
  • Dr. Sanni
  • Clifton Fine Hospital

Emergency CVPH

  • Interlakes Health

Neurology

  • Dr. Kwon (Rochester)
  • North Country Family Health

Center

  • Pediatric Associates

Neurobehavioral Health SUNY Plattsburgh

  • Canton Potsdam Hospital
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10 Steps to Create a Successful Telehealth Program

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  • 1. Develop your Clinical Plan: What clinical needs can be met

using telehealth solutions?

  • 2. Must have clinical, administrative and IT champions at

both the hub and spoke sites

  • 3. Know your CEO’s, CMO’s, CFO’s, CIO’s, MOUSE
  • 4. Begin where there’s momentum
  • 5. Ensure quality internet connection and appropriate

bandwidth

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  • 6. Develop written policies and procedures that are shared

by both Hub and Spoke sites

  • 7. Understand the costs in money, time, talent and energy

and the potential benefits

  • 8. Know your payer mix and understand reimbursement
  • 9. Develop metrics for success aligned with organizational

goals (i.e. DSRIP, NYSHIP) 10.Collaborate with partners like NETRC, ATA, and NCHP

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David C. Johnson (315) 755-2020 x 24 djohnson@fdrhpo.org Corey Zeigler, (315) 755-2020 x 25 czeiglerfdrhpo.org Joey Marie Horton, (315) 782-9450 jhorton@NoCoFamilyHealth.org

American Telemedicine Association http://www.americantelemed.org/ Northeast Telehealth Resource Center http://netrc.org/

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