Are you considering implementing telehealth services, but really don’t know much about it? Maybe an executive overview workshop would help. This is a one day session in January at the University of California, San Diego. Registration is now open. Click here for additional information.
Are you looking for funding for your telemedicine project?
There are several ways to get funding for telemedicine. One of them is video conferencing vendors. Both Tandberg and Polycom offer grant advice, grant writing assistance and grant application submission services to any nonprofit organization that is seeking to implement a telecommunications solution.
We encourage you to sign the petition!
We are asking everybody to sign the petition which will make telehealth availalbe for anybody, anywhere. Go to: http://www.telehealth4us.org/ and sign the petition! Don’t delay…do it today!
Credentialing
JOINT COMMISSION AT WORK
It‘s Confirmed: “Privileging by Proxy“ Not Acceptable for Telemedicine Credentialing
Finally, the Joint Commission and CMS are on the same page with respect to the credentialing of physicians who practice via telemedicine. For years, the Joint Commission had stated it was acceptable for one hospital to accept the privileging decisions of another hospital for telemedicine practitioners as long as certain conditions were satisfied. CMS, on the other hand, had taken the position that such privileging by proxy was inappropriate. The Joint Commission is changing its standards to comply with CMS’s position. Additional information is available in the October 2009 issue of Joint Commission Perspectives