Event Description:
This panel discussion will explore policy and practice-level strategies to increase access to telehealth for people with challenges getting to a provider’s office. This includes patients in rural areas and those living in under-resourced communities.
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Sachin Shah, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Chicago Medicine, will discuss opportunities to advance health equity through new telehealth policies and practices that took off amid the pandemic.
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Jenny Azzara, Senior Director, Performance Improvement & Organizational Development, Community Care Cooperative, will highlight the Massachusetts FQHC Telehealth Consortium, which supported member health centers to implement telehealth during the pandemic.
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Chelsea Bodnar, CEO, Montana Pediatrics, will share experiences using telehealth to increase access to pediatric patients living in rural and frontier areas.
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Christopher Chen, Medical Director, Washington Health Care Authority, will share Washington State’s work to improve telehealth access for its Medicaid population
This webinar will be held on Thursday, April 21, 2022 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET.
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Dates:
Thursday, April 21, 2022 - 2:30pm to 3:30pm EDT
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The Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS)
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