Improving the world's health and well-being by unleashing health IT innovation Telemedicine / Telehealth in the Age of Health IT Rob Kolodner, MD Chief Health Informatics Officer Open Health Tools September 27, 2013
Disruptive Changes are Imminent Markets are disrupted–and products “go viral” that are faster, easier, cheaper, & more convenient than previous ones Add DateOHT "Core" Modular Deck2
Disruptive Changes are Imminent Markets are disrupted–and products “go viral” that are faster, easier, cheaper, & more convenient than previous ones Add DateOHT "Core" Modular Deck3
THE NEXT WAVE IN HEALTH IT: VIRTUALIZATION OF CARE 27 September 2013OHT Board Meeting - Telemedicine / Telehealth4
27 September 2013OHT Board Meeting - Telemedicine / Telehealth5 Tricorder ≠ Virtualization
Patient and care provider in different locations Examples: First Responders with Emergency Departments Consult (remote) – referral (with the patient) Store and Forward Consultation (asynchronous) Virtual Visits / Virtual House Calls Home / Mobile Monitoring (asynchronous) Telemedicine Across the Continuum of Care 27 September 2013OHT Board Meeting - Telemedicine / Telehealth6
27 September 2013OHT Board Meeting - Telemedicine / Telehealth7 Consult-Referral Telemedicine
27 September 2013OHT Board Meeting - Telemedicine / Telehealth8 Virtual Visits Patient Clinician
27 September 2013OHT Board Meeting - Telemedicine / Telehealth9 And The Idea Of A Virtual Visit Is NOT New
Still in the early phases of telemedicine/telehealth Current solutions not easily interoperable with EHRs and HIEs – Stove-piped one-off integration solutions Health IT standards are more mature than when EHR adoption began – Opportunity for tools to Sensor creation is becoming exponential – Excellent time to pursue sensor device integration Why Relevant to Open Health Tools? 27 September 2013OHT Board Meeting - Telemedicine / Telehealth10
IS TELEMEDICINE/TELEHEALTH AN AREA IN WHICH OHT CAN BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE? 27 September 2013OHT Board Meeting - Telemedicine / Telehealth11