Dear CMSGov over 200 leaders in #telehealth attending #CA2019TelehealthSummit and none are doing #VirtualCheckIns - could be because too administratively burdensome? Is anyone doing them?

“What we should really care about is maintaining standards of care in the quality of medical services, not the technical modality through which medical services are delivered” #TelehealthFirst #telemedicine ⁦CTeL⁩ hcinnovationgroup.com/population-hea…

Aging is everybody's business. This in-depth article explains why having a Master Plan for #Aging is critical in California, where #seniors are facing an insufficient, fragmented system. Other states should take note! bit.ly/2IGqt1R #StandWithSeniors #MasterPlan4Aging

Devil’s advocate (because I support #GeriED #delirium screening): 1- Is ⬆️ identification problematic (fatal flaw) in absence of billable ED code and/or system-level response? 2- Lacking RCT effectiveness studies, what do we recommend as delirium+ next action? Rakesh C. Arora

.#Telehealth + Home based primary care = another good example of saving $$$, better outcomes and utilization of resources @CuraviHealth American Telemed Northwell Health West Health mhealthintelligence.com/news/home-care…

Our new research study in American Geriatrics Society finds older adult patients with a dementia diagnosis are more likely to revisit the ED within 30 days of an initial ED visit bit.ly/2YYFGS4 Tyler Kent Adriane Lesser Juhi Israni Kelly Ko Ula Hwang ACEP Geriatric Sect

One place telemedicine could really make sense is nursing homes/elder care - way better than revolving door to emergency room/hospital where so many things go wrong. But no one wants to pay. Mohana Ravindranath politi.co/2zfyiXX #aging #telemedicine Tricia Neuman

Virtual care using #telemedicine is ideal for treating frail #seniors for whom a hospital visit can be the start of a decline in health. It's time for wider adoption of existing #telehealth technology politi.co/2NipQiW

Why should #telehealth be brought to post-acute and long term care facilities? Read Mike Kurliand, Alexandrea Cronin and Juhi Israni blog from the California Assn of Long Term Care Medicine here: caltcm.org/index.php?opti…

Geriatric #UTI diagnoses increasing in era of virtual healthcare academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar… Clinical Infectious Disease Could ACEM EMA Journal #AcuteGeriatrics algorithms improve #GeriED diagnostic efficiency? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… AGEM SimonJudkins RACGP

BREAKING: New Gary and Mary West Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (#PACE) program opens in North County San Diego to help #seniors successfully #ageinplace bit.ly/2LZuWzJ

Our collaborators having a Q&A panel with Telehealth workshop attendees answering questions on culture change, implementation, and technology considerations. West Health

The team is learning so much about data this week at #TC19! From dashboards to natural language analytics! Tyler Kent