Integrated Telehealth – Reshaping Staffing Shortages, Re-hospitalizations and the Bottom Line

Virtual Webinar

This session is designed to layout the place of Telehealth within rural health and introduce the model of Integrated Telehealth to leverage partnership among health plans, providers, home health agencies and adult day for home and community-based services.

Session participants will learn about the current landscape of Telehealth, its hits and misses, pathways to strengthen Telehealth outcomes by deploying newer technology to bridge the digital divide, reduce no-shows, enhance early intervention and prevention, and therefore lower the rate of re-hospitalizations. 

Participants will also learn about the Dual-Model of Telehealth which is composed of a medical stream with remote patient monitoring, and a social stream with health and wellness engagement to improve social determinants of health.

The Alabama Rural Health Conference was held live on April 14-15, 2022 in Hoover.  This conference was recorded live and is supplemented with multiple on-demand breakout sessions.  

Click here  to view the full conference booklet, including agenda.

About

This webinar will review key topics related to the presentation, diagnosis, and management of multiple sclerosis outside of a neurology practice.

Presenter 

Dr. Benjamin Jones is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis in the Department of Neurology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine. Dr. Jones is an attending neurologist in the UAB MS Clinic, also serving as Co-Director and attending neurologist for the UAB Transverse Myelitis Association Clinic.  He was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, and received undergraduate degrees in Biology and Psychology at Birmingham-Southern College before attending The University of South Alabama Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine.  He returned to Birmingham for residency training in Neurology at UAB and upon completion of residency pursued a two-year fellowship in MS and Neuroimmunology at UAB, joining the faculty upon completion of his training. In addition to his patient care roles he also serves as the Ambulatory Medical Director and Quality Officer for Neurology, mentors first and second year medical students in clinical skills as a Clinical Skills Scholar, teaches Neurology residents and fellows, and participates in clinical trials for MS and other neuroimmunologic disorders.