Description
*Course does not offer CME credit
*Certificate for completion not provided/available
This is a six-unit course on supporting pediatric health care professionals in providing telehealth and distant care services as part of the medical home model of care. Learners can complete all six units, or pick and choose whichever units they would like to complete based on their own needs and current knowledge. The purpose of this PediaLink course is to educate pediatric health care professionals on how to increase their pediatric team capacity in providing preventive, acute, and chronic care via telehealth for children and adolescents. Three of the six units are specifically focused on enhancing telehealth care for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN), including children and youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities (DD), and children with medical complexity within a medical home.
Unit 1: Getting Started: Establishing a Pediatric Telehealth Team
- Create an effective and collaborative telehealth team.
- Select appropriate responsibilities for key roles on a telehealth team.
- Describe techniques to adapt practice workflow for telehealth visits.
- Explain how to ensure continuity of care.
Unit 2: Provider to Patient: How to Conduct a Telehealth Visit
- Explain how to navigate different types of technologies for implementation of telehealth visits.
- Describe situations when hybrid models of telehealth may be appropriate for providing care.
- Describe three strategies to effectively engage families before and during telehealth visits.
- Describe three strategies to build family/professional partnerships via telehealth visits.
Unit 3: Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality During Telehealth Visits
- Describe privacy and confidentiality considerations for providers.
- Describe privacy and confidentiality considerations for patients and families/caregivers.
Unit 4: Primer: How Do I Prepare My Practice for a Telehealth Visit for CYSHCN?
- Explain how to navigate different types of technologies for implementing telehealth visits for CYSHCN and their families/caregivers.
- Describe situations when blended/hybrid models may be necessary to provide care for CYSHCN and their families/caregivers.
- Describe techniques to adapt practices (including privacy/confidentiality considerations) and scheduling workflow for telehealth visits for CYSHCN and their families/caregivers.
Unit 5: Telehealth 101: How Do I Use Telehealth to Optimize Chronic, Acute, and/or Preventive Care for CYSHCN?
- Explain how to successfully conduct a chronic, acute, and preventive care visit for CYSHCN.
- Describe at least three strategies to prepare families/caregivers of CYSHCN prior to a telehealth visit.
- Identify at least three techniques to facilitate family engagement and family/professional partnerships during telehealth visits for CYSHCN.
Unit 6: It Takes a Village: How to Use Telehealth Across Diverse Care Settings for CYSHCN
- Describe at least three strategies for using telehealth to support successful transition and care coordination across care settings (hospital, specialists, home care, congregate care, school-based health care) for CYSHCN.
- Describe strategies for using telehealth to facilitate optimal home care for children with medical complexity.
- Explain the role of telehealth in increasing access to care for CYSHCN living in congregate care settings.
Course Details
- Start Date: July 15, 2021
- Online Access Expires: July 14, 2024
- Credit Expires: July 14, 2024
- Activity Type: Asynchronous Online Course
- Course ID: 59491
Acknowledgements
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,000,000 with no percentage financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
Faculty
Course Contributors
Unit 1: Getting Started: Establishing a Pediatric Telehealth Team
David McSwain, MD, MPH, FAAP
John Chuo, MD, MS
Kari Gali, DNP, APRN, CPHQ
Reviewers
Susan Kressly, MD, FAAP
Shonna Yin, MD, MSc
Unit 2: Provider to Patient: How to Conduct a Telehealth Visit
Christina Olson, MD, FAAP
Reviewers
Jennifer Fang, MD, FAAP
John Chuo, MD, MS
Unit 3: Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality During Telehealth Visits
John Chuo, MD, MS
Reviewers
James Scibilia, MD, FAAP
Eli Lourie, MD, FAAP
Unit 4: Primer: How Do I Prepare My Practice for a Telehealth Visit for CYSHCN?
Dennis Z. Kuo, MD, MHS, FAAP
Christine R. Erdie-Lalena, MD, FAAP
Reviewers
Jesse Hackell, MD, FAAP
Kristin Sohl, MD, FAAP
Debi Schepers
Unit 5: Telehealth 101: How Do I Use Telehealth to Optimize Chronic, Acute, and/or Preventive Care for CYSHCN?
Dennis Z. Kuo, MD, MHS, FAAP
Kristin Sohl, MD, FAAP
Reviewers
Jesse Hackell, MD, FAAP
Allysa Ware, MSW
Unit 6: It Takes a Village: How to Use Telehealth Across Diverse Care Settings for CYSHCN
Kilby Mann, MD, FAAP, FAACPDM, FAAPMR
Elaine Lin, MD, FAAP
Reviewers
Rishi Agrawal, MD, MPH, FAAP
Viju Jacob, MD, FAAP
