Telemedicine

CONCURRENT ORAL PRESENTATIONS ABSTRACT INDEXMONDAY, MAY 6, 201311:00 am–12:00 pm Monday, May 6, 2013INDIVIDUAL ORALSession Number: 001Session Title: IMPACT OF TELEHEALTH ON COST REDUCTIONTrack: Outcomes and Evidence Meeting Room 19 A/BMODERATOR: Rashid Bashshur, PhD, Director, UMH Telemedicine Core.University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.575 REDUCING URGENT CARE VISITS THROUGH SECOND-LEVEL TRIAGEPRESENTERS AND CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS:Donna Williams, RN, Nurse Project Program Manager for ANGELS and CDH Call Center.University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.169 SAVINGS IN TRAVEL COSTS FOR ALASKA MEDICAID: A CASE FOR STORE-AND-FORWARD TELEHEALTH SPECIALTY CAREPRESENTERS AND CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS:Stewart Ferguson, PhD, CIO 1 , John Kokesh, MD 2 , Chris Patricoski, MD 1 .1 Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, USA, 2 Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK, USA.696 THE LONG-TERM EFFECT OF TELECARE ON MEDICAL EXPENDITURES: NINE-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF A JAPANESE TOWNMasatsugu Tsuji, PhD, Professor 1,2 , Yuji Akematsu, PhD 3 .1 University of Hyogo, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 2 National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 3 Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan.MONDAY, MAY 6, 201311:00 am–12:00 pm Monday, May 6, 2013INDIVIDUAL ORALSession Number: 002Session Title: SUCCESSFUL TELEMEDICINE BUSINESS ENTERPRISESTrack: Finance and Operations I Ballroom EMODERATOR: Thomas S. Nesbitt, MD, MPH, Associate Vice Chancellor.UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA, USA.316 THE VIRTUAL VISIT PROVIDER: A NOVEL PRIMARY CARE CAREER PATHPRESENTERS AND CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS:Benjamin Green, MD, Medical Director.Carena, Inc, Seattle, WA, USA.600 TELEMEDICINE - HEALTHCARE REFORM WITHOUT ALL OF THE POLITICSPRESENTERS AND CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS:Joe Peterson, MD, CEO & Director.Specialists on Call, Leesburg, VA, USA.527 PRICE-CHECK, AISLE 1: SELLING PROVIDER-DEVELOPED TELEMEDICINE PRODUCTS TO THE MASSESPRESENTERS AND CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS:Curtis Lowery, MD, Chairperson for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USAª MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC. 2013 TELEMEDICINE and e-HEALTH A-3