Date & Time: October 1st, 5.00pm New York, USA / 4.00pm Chicago, USA / 2.00pm Los Angeles, USA / 10.00pm London, UK / October 2nd at 7.00am Melbourne, Australia
Telehealth is revolutionizing health care delivery, and amid this transformation there has been both expansion of access and challenges inherent in the digital divide. This session surveys the rapidly evolving landscape of telemedicine and its implications for medicine. Speakers will discuss why telehealth is the future of medicine and tips to surmount common barriers to implementation. While most individuals communicate with ease on videoconferencing platforms, telemedicine may be fraught with challenges for patients with tracheostomy or impaired communication. This session empowers clinicians with tools to provides safe, effective care within their time-constrained visits. This webinar also considers how the principles of justice relate to the delivery of telehealth across populations.
Please join us for this state of the art webinar from the Global Tracheostomy Collaborative.
Objectives:
- Appraise the current landscape of increased care needs and telemedicine
- Discuss how to optimize telehealth delivery across health settings and platforms
- Evaluate strategies to enhance communication in tracheostomy and other special contexts
- Explore challenges relating to privacy, care across state lines, and future developments
Moderators:
- Vinciya Pandian PhD, MBA, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, Johns Hopkins University
- Michael Brenner, MD, FACS, University of Michigan and President, Global Tracheostomy Collaborative
- Amy Freeman-Sanderson, PhD, BAppSc, Speech Path, University of Technology Sydney
Speakers:
- Caroline Chao, Senior Respiratory Physiotherapist, TRAMS, Austin Health, Australia
- Clare L. Burns, Advanced Speech Pathologist & Clinician Research Fellow, Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital; Senior Lecturer, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
- Davud Sirjani, MD, FACS, Associate Professor & Chief of Otolaryngology at VA Palo Alto, Director of Salivary Program at Stanford, Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford Cancer Center – Department of Otolarynology, Stanford, California, United States
- Jessica Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP, Professor, Louise Herrington School of Nursing, Baylor University, Dallas, Texas, United States
- Laura Moreno, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, Family Nurse Practitioner, Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
- Rebekah Davies, SLT, Digital Health Clinical Lead, Health Informatics, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Rotherham, United Kingdom
Audience: Physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, speech-language pathologists, anesthesia/critical care specialists, other healthcare workers, patients with tracheostomy, and family members/caregivers