Checking the state of Tennessee Telehealth The SCTRC Outreach team just returned from Pigeon Forge, TN and the Rural Health Association of Tennessee Annual Conference (www.RHAT.org) themed "Threading Partnerships for a Healthy Tennessee". The goal of each year’s conference is to educate participants about health concerns affecting rural Tennesseans. Old Mill in Pigeon Forge (photo [...]
As we approach the end of another year we wanted to look back to some highlights from 2013 at LearnTelehealh. Our Top Videos of the Year LearnTelehealth Featured Site Series Our staff multi-media specialist, Brian Lee, produced some great videos in 2013 leading off with the "Featured Site" series. The series was produced to [...]
Rep Gregg Harper, R, Mississippi Mississippi congressman Gregg Harper, (R), will give an interactive presentation titled, "Telehealth Talk with U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.): A Live Q&A," at 12 noon, CST, on January 16, 2014 for the LearnTelehealth quarterly webinar series. This presentation will also serve as the National Telehealth Resource Center Webinar [...]
For many of you classified as safety net providers there is a upcoming webinar you will want to attend titled, "USDA Broadband Progams for Safety Net Providers." It's particularly of interest to those in the South Central Region because two of the presenters are from Arkansas' Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. Presentation Title: "USDA [...]
Don't miss this weeks free telehealth webinar from the National Network of Telehealth Resource Centers titled, "Practice Guidelines for Telemedicine." Presentation Title: "Practice Guidelines for Telemedicine" When: Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 1:00 PM Central To Join Webinar: https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/sbtelehealth/ This presentation, given by noted telemedicine expert and a former president of the American Telemedicine Association, [...]
Don't miss an interesting telehealth webinar this Thursday, October 24 at 3:00pm Central from the Northeast Telehealth Resource Center, NRTRC (http://www.nrtrc.org/ and @nrtrc on Twitter). The talk is titled, "The FDA and App Development" and is given by Tom Richards, MD. To register click here. The announcement from the NRTRC says, "The long-awaited FDA guidance on [...]
The recording from the LearnTelehealth Quarterly Thought Conference on October 15, 2013 has now been posted in the media section of the site. The webinar titled, "Teledermatology in Arkansas: Our Experience," given by Dr. Chris Schach, MD from the Ozark Dermatology Clinic, kicked off the new fiscal grant year for us. There was a lively and [...]
Please join us for our Quarterly Thought Conference on October 15 at 3:00pm central time. Dr. Chris Schach MD, a dermatologist from Northwest Arkansas, will present his talk titled "Teledermatology: Our Experience." You must register to attend so see the link below. Dr. Schach practices at Ozark Dermatology Clinic. In addition to offering a full-service [...]
In this month's Telehealth Research Roundup, we highlight diverse research topics like weight management, remote monitoring, tele-dental programs and data from walk-in telemental health clinics. If you have any interesting research articles you can recommend for the Roundup, let us know in the comment field below. Efficient image acquisition design for a cancer detection system [...]
One of the things I do a lot is sit and ponder the best ways to get the word out about telehealth in the south central region. That usually leads me to think, "Am I the only person who's interested in this stuff?" Telehealth and it's cousin, Telemedicine, have gone from being obscure terms to [...]
