Activities promote telehealth in Ohio
The primary activities of the Ohio Telehealth Initiative are:
– Promoting research and innovation
– Community outreach and education
– Ensuring a strong financial basis to support operations
– Educating and engaging government, payers and providers about telemedicine
– Fostering collaboration among interested parties
– Coordinating a state-wide collaborative telehealth pilot project associated with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Triple Aim
– Improvement Community Project (www.IHI.org)
Healthcare Providers benefit with OTI.
Organizations that will Benefit:
– Home health agencies
– Primary care physician groups
– Integrated health delivery systems
– Private or public employers seeking better health and value for employees
– Safety net health care systems facing rising demands and flat budgets
– Regional coalitions working to assure access for all while controlling costs
– Public health departments or social agencies focused on populations with complex health issues
– Private or publicly funded health plans committed to improving value
Population Focus:
1) Discrete populations
– Employee Populations
– High Risk/High Cost Populations
2) Regional or community populations
– Older Adults with Complex Needs
– Community-Wide Care for High-Cost, Medically and Socially-Complex Individuals
– Community-Wide Governance and Activation Strategies
Ohio Telehealth Initiative Project Aims
Project Aims and Intended Results:
– Improved population results in health, care experience, and per capita cost
– Improved patient access, convenience and experience of care
– Improved transition and care coordination
– Improved patient and caregiver engagement
– Improved provider job satisfaction
OTI Telehealth technologies include:
– Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
– Web-based Virtual Meeting
• Audio and Video Communications
• Screen Sharing
• Calendar
• Collaborative Document Editing
• Meeting Recording ,Replay and Archive
• Private Message, Chat and Whiteboard
• Supports 3rd-party Care Plan Management, Medication Management, Wireless Medical Device Monitoring and Patient Education applications