Overview: This project aims to improve the treatment of pediatric skin conditions including eczema, acne, birthmarks, warts, and other pediatric skin diseases with the intended target audience of rural healthcare providers in the Upper Midwest.  Since over 30% of visits to primary care for children, a skin-related complaint is noted, and for nearly 60% of those patients, it is their chief complaint; this ECHO aims to expand expertise for pediatricians, family medicine physicians, and APPs in assessing and treating pediatric skin conditions. Primary care professionals join board-certified pediatric dermatologists to discuss best practices and evidence-based approaches to pediatric skin disease and create an ongoing learning collaborative to empower primary care clinicians to deliver high-quality skin disease treatment. Each session consists of a mini-lecture followed by a discussion of attendee-provided patient cases with a pediatric dermatologist. Early access to expert care saves lives, reduces healthcare costs, and improves access to care for children and teens.  There are fewer than 400 board-certified, practicing pediatric dermatologists in the United States, with zero in Montana, North Dakota, or South Dakota; and one in Idaho and Wyoming, in some states, such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Michigan there are a few pediatric dermatologists, but they are clustered in urban areas.  The distances are often too far for families to reasonably travel to seek specialty care, given the size of the states and the challenges with winter weather (which lasts for up to 6 months per year).

Topics Covered

• Atopic Dermatitis
• Topical treatments for pediatric and adolescent acne
• Seborrheic Dermatitis
• Molluscum Contagiosum
• Moles and Sun Protection
• Impetigo

Link: https://iecho.org/public/program/PRGM1701792008640ZWOPNQ6LUA

Target Audience: Pediatric and Family Primary care clinicians, nurses or other interested healthcare providers in areas with limited pediatric dermatology access across the Upper Midwest. There is no geographic restriction for participation.

Community Clinicians will get CME/CEU in a virtual learning network through the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

The planners and speaker for today have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

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The 2-hr webinar will feature 2 brief presentations on lessons learned during the pandemic and the impact of the end of the public health emergency on pediatric telehealth followed by a series of panel discussions addressing health equity, education, and a research agenda to support evidence-based best practices, inform policy, and support a value-driven reimbursement model.  Please see the attached flyer for more information. We hope you will be able to attend this informative event.

Advanced registration is required for this event.  Please click the link below to register:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_13gTxkxqSCG1cJp80YbQGw

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Speakers and Panelists: 

• Christina Olson, MD, Telehealth Medical Director and Hospitalist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, Associate Professor within the Department of Pediatrics at University of Colorado
• Brooke McSwain, Sc., RRT, M.A., National Policy Research Analyst, Digital Health, Public Health Infrastructure, Systems of Care, Stroke, Policy Advisor within the Center for Health Technology & Innovation, Policy Advisor for AHA Telehealth at the American Heart Association, Department of Policy Research and Advocacy
• Kristin Ray, MD, MS FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Health Systems Improvement at UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics, Affiliated Faculty within the Health Policy Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Program Director for the General Academic Pediatrics Research Fellowship
• Dana Schinasi, MD, Medical Director of Digital Health, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Attending Physician in Emergency Medicine at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine) at Northwestern University School of Medicine
• Kevin Wiley, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor in the Department of Healthcare Leadership and Management at the Medical University of South Carolina, Leadership Fellow NIH AIM-AHEAD Consortium
• David Gray, Director of Government Relations and Connected Health Policy at HIMSS
• Ragan Dubose-Morris, PhD, Associate Professor in the College of Academic Affairs, Director of Telehealth Education within the Center for Telehealth at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Please email Christina Coleman, SPROUT-CTSA Program Manager, christina_coleman@med.unc.edu with your questions.

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This will be a virtual conversation with pediatricians, researchers, policymakers, and family advocates who will discuss innovative ways to create telehealth policies that provide more equitable access to pediatric specialty care for families who have been left behind by the initial wave of telehealth implementation.

Panelists include: 

• David Bentz, deputy director of healthcare reform at the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, former member of the Delaware House of Representatives
• Sansanee Craig, MD, attending physician, assistant professor and clinical informatician in the Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
• Roseani Sánchez Algarín, M.Ed, director of programs at Family Voices National
• Kate E. Wallis, MD, MPH, faculty member at PolicyLab, attending physician in CHOP’s Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania, and associate fellow in Penn’s Center for Public Health Initiatives (moderator)

Click here for free registration.

Can’t join us live? Visit the PolicyLab website on Thursday, June 15 for a link to the archived video.

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