Emerging Practices in Telehealth

Andrew M. Freeman is an associate professor of medicine and director of clinical cardiology and cardiovascular prevention and wellness at the National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado. He has published numerous scholarly manuscripts on plant-based nutrition, and holds key leadership positions in the American College of Cardiology as well as the national level, including co-chair of the Lifestyle and Nutrition Workgroup and steering committee for the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention council. Dr. Freeman teaches medical, physician assistant, and pharmacy students, and has hosted many community lectures and CME programs. Ami Bhatt is the director of telecardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bhatt serves as a medical advisor for digital and telehealth companies from inception, clinical trials, and FDA applications to sequential funding rounds. Her research centers on identifying and implementing solutions to barriers to access to cardiovascular and telemedicine care. Dr. Bhatt also leads national telemedicine education via the American College of Cardiology and serves on the Boston Board of the American Heart Association to address the significant global burden of South Asian Heart Disease. Internationally, she assists countries affected by COVID with an abrupt need to deliver remote care.

1. Telehealth basics - what’s known, how it works
2. Technology and workflow implementation for telehealth
3. Integration into EMRs and clinical workflows
4. Billing basics / Fundamentals
5. Optimizing the patient experience
6. Using RPM with Telehealth
7. Creating the perfect telehealth product
8. Increasing access and decreasing disparity with telehealth
9. International telehealth implementation - The Russian experience
10. International telehealth implementation – The Gujarat experience
11. Global telehealth and digital health – how to support programs and infrastructure
12. The rise of artificial intelligence in telehealth