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TELEMEDICINE:The Basics
Cara Towle, RN MSNDirector, Telehealth Services
University of Washington School of Medicine
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Definition:
“Medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic
communications in support of healthcare.”
“TELEHEALTH / TELEMEDICINE”
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TYPES OF “TELEMEDICINE”
1. Real-time interactive consultation
2. Store and Forward
3. Remote monitoring
4. Case-based teleconferencing
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TelePsychiatryContracted services with the Makah Nation
and with PeaceIsland Hospital
TelePainGrant-funded research project
TeleBurns Newly initiated
No funding
No current billing
REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE CONSULTATIONS
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TeleRadiology 130 rural sites8,000 studies/month
Standard reimbursement
TeleStroke8 rural hospitals
Contractual agreements
TeleDermatologyTriage program for CHCs
Contractual agreement
with CHPW (pilot)
STORE-AND-FORWARD CONSULTATIONS
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TELEMEDICINE CASE CONSULTATION
Case-based Consultation and Continuing Medical Education (CME)
* weekly * multiple community sites * interdisciplinary team of specialists *
Project ECHO Hepatitis C: 1860 case consultations (Jan 2010)
UW TelePain* Management: 315 case consultations (Mar 2011)
Project ECHO HIV/AIDs: 132 case consultations (Jan 2012)
Project ECHO MS: Initiated Sept 2014
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Mental Health MHIP - Mental Health Integration Program (2008)
55,000+ total patients in Washington
14,500+ provider consultations
200+ training and workforce development
Now adding to telepsychiatry component Psychiatrist - Local Provider
Psychiatrist - Patient
TELEMEDICINE CASE CONSULTATION
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Remote home monitoring in high-risk heart failure patients
Google Glass for medical student and resident training and for HMC ED Burns consultations
CellScope Oto collaboration & ENT
PILOTS
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UPCOMING LAUNCHES
Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Yakima, Arlington, and Bellingham
Travel Medicine at Hall Health
Concussion/TBI Project ECHO for ESLD Diabetes Care Vascular Surgery
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WE DID IT! Thanks to a small army who got all of this together, my deepest appreciation to everyone involved.
I think Joseph started to cry at the end of the session when he found that the non-invasive breathing was going to work for him. He didn’t sleep last night worrying about everything from if the van would start (we have -10 below temperature here without the wind chill factor) to worrying that the doctor would say it’s a “no-go” on the external ventilation!
I want to thank the doctors for their patience and thorough explanations of everything. Thank you to everyone involved, from a mother’s heart. I probably will never meet most of you, but please know my eternal gratitude.
Happy Holidays to each of you for giving the gift of breathing to my son.
WHY TELEMEDICINE?
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RECENT INNOVATIONS
BiliCam – Jim Stout, Shwetek Patel
mPOWEr – Heather Evans, Bill Lober
Gut Guru – Jasmine Zia
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FUTURE TRENDS: NEW PLATFORMS
Apple Health Kit Samsung SimBand and SAMI
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Reimbursement Models
• Contractual Agreements• Each contract unique to players involved
• Membership • Pay set monthly fee and get 24/7 access
• “Full-meal deal” vs “Ala Carte”
• Direct Access Models• Pay $35-80 up front for encounter
• E.g., TeleUrgent Care with TelaDoc, MDLive, etc.
• Fee For Service (FFS)• Medicare, Medicaid (WA), many commercial payors
CHALLENGES
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CHALLENGES
Fee For Service Model
•CMS requirements:
• interactive vtc
•patient in rural location*
•patient in health care facility
• limited CPT codes
•specific eligible provider types
•new remote monitoring for chronic care payment
•does not pay for store-and-forward (except HI & AK)
•Small facility fee for referring site (patient location): $24.63
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Technology• Exponential growth and development
• Selection, purchase, and standardization
CHALLENGES
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Provider and/or Patient Perception
• Comfort/ease with technology
• Appropriate tech support available?
• Increased workload*
• Only facility fee payment at referring site
• No facility fee at consulting site to support admin and tech requirements
CHALLENGES
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• “Right person, right place, right time”
- Earlier consultation, diagnosis, & treatment with appropriate clinician
- Improved quality of care, more efficient care, better continuity of care
- Brings care to the patient…reducing travel cost, lost work time, and maintains family/community support
- In-person referral only when appropriate
• Strengthen our state system of healthcare
- Diffusion of best practices and innovation
- Promotes evidence-based medicine
- Supports rural providers, strengthen the provider community
- Decreases professional isolation
- Decrease wait-time for specialists for appropriate referrals
• Economically sustainable (CMS data)
• Patient Demand
BENEFITS OF TELEMEDICINE
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To improve the health of the public
To achieve the “triple aim”: -Improving the patient experience of
care (including quality and satisfaction);-Improving the health of populations;
-Reducing the per capita cost of health care
UW TELEMEDICINE MISSION
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Cara Towle, RN MSNDirector Telehealth Services
University of Washington School of Medicine
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