The Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center (PBTRC) sat down with Dr. David E. Roth, Clinical Director and Derek Vale, Health Systems Management Office Chief, of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division (CAMHD) of the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH). In the video above, Dr. Roth and…
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On December 10, 2015, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) released a new report entitled, Telehealth: Policy Trends and Considerations at a session of the NCSL capitol forum in Washington, D.C. The report is the product of a year-long effort involving state legislators, staff and industry representatives. The report addresses three major…
On August 18, 2015, the Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center hosted a Telehealth Roundtable, along with other telehealth leaders in the State of Hawaiʻi, and met with Dr. Aimee Grace, Legislative Assistant for Health and Melika Carroll, Policy Adviser for Telecommunications of Senator Brian Schtaz’s Office to discuss the status of…
The Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center (PBTRC) recently put together a telehealth white paper with contributions from key telehealth stakeholders, outlining the issues, challenges, and barriers facing telehealth adoption in Hawaiʻi. The white paper, titled Advancing Telehealth in Hawaiʻi: Issues and Challenges, addresses issues such as reimbursement policy (Medicare,…
Deborah Birkmire-Peters, PhD, Director, Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center, facilitated a session entitled “How Do I Get Paid for Telemedicine?” at the 2014 Hawaiʻi Health Workforce Summit: Building the Future held on September 6, 2014 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. The panel included Dr. David Wong, a dermatologist who lives…
The expansion of telehealth services to improve patient access and outcomes and reduce health care cost is one of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) top three “Congressional Asks” for 2014. The official release states that HIMSS works with stakeholders to develop their organizational priorities and recommendations…
Telemedicine, much to the delight of some health industry observers, is a prominent part of legislation allocating $16.3 billion to overhaul the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The proposed bill, which sailed through the House on a 420-5 vote, requires that all VA mobile vet centers and mobile medical…
The Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center (PBTRC) sat down with Dr. Matthew Koenig, Associate Medical Director of Neurocritical Care at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, HI to discuss the Hawaii Stroke Network and how it has improved stroke care in Hawaiʻi. In the video below, Dr. Koenig discusses…
On June 30, 2014, Governor Neil Abercrombie of the State of Hawaii signed into law Senate Bill 2469: Relating to Telehealth. This bill requires equivalent reimbursement for services, including behavioral health services, provided through telehealth as for the same services provided through face-to-face contact between a healthcare provider and…
Eric Dishman, an Intel Fellow and General Manager of the Health & Life Sciences Group in the Intel Data Center Group, gave a presentation at the Queen’s Conference Center on April 11, 2014. The title of his presentation was “Collaborative Care Models: Building a Seamless Health Care System and…