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ForwardWebinar - "Mobilizing Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Webinar Description:
Telemedicine is a very broad term used to describe many uses of new technologies in healthcare. The challenges today include equipment, time, and resources to begin a telehealth program in response to COVID-19. This webinar will summarize telemedicine, discuss potential strategies utilizing technologies to assess and care for patients with COVID-19 and other conditions that put them at risk for sepsis. Healthcare providers will be able to apply these telehealth approaches across the continuum of care during this health crisis.
Target Audience
Nurses, physician assistants, physicians, emergency responders, physical therapists, patient care assistants, and other healthcare staff
Learning Objectives
At the end of the presentation, the learner should be able to:
- Identify telehealth considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Discuss telehealth and various ways to utilize this technology in clinical practice.
- Review implementations of telehealth in clinical practice responding to the COVID-19 crisis.
- List helpful resources to stay up to date on changes related to telehealth.
Michael Crosser, MD
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine at KU Medical Center, University of Kansas
Denton Shanks, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at KU Medical Center, University of Kansas
Denton is a Family Physician and a Medical Director of Innovation, Telehealth, & Informatics within the University of Kansas Health System where he’s championing Virtual Healthcare projects and driving the digital health strategy forward. He’s also an Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center, and works with the Inter-professional Clinic with students and resident physicians. He is active in global health organizations that engage student learners, and helps to promote public health and sustainable continuity primary care around the world. He earned bachelor’s degrees in Biochemistry, Spanish, and Chemistry at Kansas State University, a Master’s in Public Health at Drexel University in Philadelphia, a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine at Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed Family Medicine Residency at Unity Health Care in Washington D.C.
Pamela Nicklaus, MD, FACS
Pediatric ENT Surgeon, Telemedicine at Children's Mercy
Pamela Nicklaus, MD is a practicing pediatric otolaryngologist at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. She is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Missouri Kansas City, and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Kansas. Dr. Nicklaus trained in otolaryngology at the University of Rochester and completed her fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto. She established the section of pediatric otolaryngology at the University of New Mexico before coming to Kansas City. She founded the Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship at Children’s Mercy Hospital and ran the program for 10 years. Dr. NIcklaus established the otolaryngology telehealth program at CMH in 2016, and most recently deployed telehealth across the division of otolaryngology at Children’s Mercy Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 1.2 contact hours, and 1.0 participation credits.
Other healthcare providers will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.0 contact hours.
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