Free Telemedicine Webinar
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Hosted by NHTSA’s Office of EMS on September 22 at 2pm ET / 11am PT
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No one could predict the speed at which COVID-19 changed healthcare, including the acceleration of telemedicine. For EMS and 9-1-1 systems, telemedicine has enabled safer triaging of possible COVID patients, avoiding unnecessary and expensive visits to the emergency department, and getting patients the right care at the right time.
But not every EMS agency or 9-1-1 emergency communications center is familiar with telemedicine or knows how to take advantage of these new tools and implement them in their agency. Even for those who are, figuring out how to fund these programs and get reimbursed adds an additional challenge.
To help address that gap, the Federal Interagency Committee on EMS collaborated with EMS leaders from across the country to create the "Telemedicine Framework for EMS and 9-1-1 Organizations," a 45-page guide explaining how agencies can use telemedicine to deliver high-quality, cost-efficient care.
In this webinar, you’ll hear from people who were involved in the creation of the Framework and who have helped implement telemedicine in an EMS system. They’ll highlight some of the challenges faced by EMS and 9-1-1 organizations—and how to use the Framework to help find solutions.
