Portions of the proposed healthcare reform plan include provisions for those who do not have access to care, including those in remote areas. The proposed plan may also include provisions to provide technology, such as through telemedicine, that will allow those in medically underserved areas to obtain better care. Tele-education will also allow physicians in remote areas to continue their education by participating in courses and seminars via tele-education technology.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have changed their conditions of participation (CoP) for all hospitals regarding the telemedicine standards. This new regulation will also impact hospitals and critical access hospitals accredited by The Joint Commission. The new regulations are a positive step for improving access to care for patients in rural hospitals.A new credentialing and privileging process for physicians and practitioners providing telemedicine services has been fina...

Objectives 1. Understand the driving forces behind the development of tele-ICU. 2. Define tele-ICU. 3. Understand the practical aspects of implementing tele-ICU. 4. Review evidence of the effect of tele-ICU on outcomes. 5. Introduce the future directions of tele-ICU.

This program is part of the continuing series that focuses on what hospitals need to know about the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) standards. This program will cover the laboratory and radiology standards. Every hospital that accepts Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement must be in compliance with these standards and for all patients. Failure to follow these standards can result in the loss of reimbursement to the hospital for Medicare and Medicaid patients. The Joint Commission...

CMS has had so many changes in 2011 with many revisions planned also for the future. This program will cover all of the changes and proposed changes to the hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) to assist facilities to stay in compliance with the influx of all the new regulations. This is a great in-service program for staff to update and clarify changes covering such areas as anesthesia, visitation, advance directives, patient rights, IV medication, pharmacy, blood and blood products, te...

October 24, 2011, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published proposed changes for hospitals. These would affect any hospital that accepts Medicare or Medicaid which are most hospitals in America. This is one of the major revisions in more than two decades. These were written to comply with the President’s mandate to reduce the regulatory burden placed on hospitals. Interesting to note a consideration in reduction of the hospital conditions of participation in the past yea...

This offering is tailored to emergency physicians and other emergency personnel and its content is geared to Emergency Medicine. It culminates in an in-person session at the 2012 Scientific Assembly of the American College of Emergency Physicians. The American College of Emergency Physicians, AMIA, and Oregon Health & Science University are pleased to offer this special version of the 10x10 course aimed at emergency physicians. This is the fifth annual offering of this special version of th...

Series Overview: The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and ViralEd are proud to announce the extension of this ground-breaking CME activity. Mirroring academic grand rounds programs, these CME-certified sessions combine traditional academic grand rounds with the innovation and convenience of telemedicine. The "HIV Grand Rounds from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine" is delivered live via the Internet every Wednesday through June 29, and then Thursdays, startin...