Use of medical information exchanged between sites via electronic communications to improve patients’ health status

Telehealth is a broader term that encompasses both clinical and non-clinical remote healthcare services

Videoconferencing Store and forward transmissions e-Health Remote monitoring CME Nursing call centers

Specialist referral services Patient consultations Remote patient monitoring Medical education Consumer medical and health

information

Networked programs Point-to-point connections Primary or specialty care to the home

connections Home to monitoring center Web-based e-health patient service

sites

Fully integrate telemedicine into transformed healthcare systems

Improve healthcare quality, equity and affordability throughout the world

Promote professional, ethical, and equitable improvement of health care delivery through telecommunications and information technology› Education› Clearinghouse› Networking and collaboration› Promote research and innovation› Standards development› Consumer awareness

Open to› Individuals› Students› Health Institutions› Companies› Other organizations

Business and Finance Technology

Home Telehealth & Remote Monitoring

Teledermatology

Human Factors Telehealth Nursing

International Telemental Health

Ocular Telehealth Telerehabilitation

Pediatric Telehealth

Latin American & Carribean Pacific Islands

Emergency Preparedness and Response

TeleICU

ATA Industry Council ATA Institutional Member Council

ATA Members with similar interests Share knowledge Promote and support telemedicine

applications within a specialty area Provide guidance and information to

ATA membership under ATA authority Sponsor activities such as short-

courses, presentations or Webinars

Act as a catalyst for the development of universal access to a contiguous infrastructure of medical communications.

Sponsor tutorials and seminars for ATA members

Develop and promote interoperability standards for telemedicine equipment

Provide informational support on telemedicine technology to ATA Leadership, other ATA SIGs and ATA Members

Webinars› Buying Technology for Telehealth› Continua Alliance Standards and Guidelines

Annual meeting education› Telemedicine Technology Fundamentals› ITIL v3 Awareness› Home and Mobile Telehealth

International collaboration with Canadian Telehealth Forum Technology SIG

Possible collaboration with HIMSS EHR SIG Technology SIG Web site updates

Leadership May 2010 - May 2012› Chair

Mike Holcomb› Vice Chair

Charles von Urff, Ph.D.› Immediate Past Chair

Richard Evans› ATA Board Liaisons

A. Stewart Ferguson, Ph.D. Ronald Merrell, M.D.

› ATA Inter-SIG Liaisons Volunteers from Technology SIG

American Telemedicine Association› http://www.americantelemed.org/

Mike Holcomb› mholcomb@telemedicine.arizona.edu