Presentation at the Delaware Telehealth Roundtable by Kathy Wibberly providing an overview of goals, objectives and processes.

1. Delaware
Telehealth
Roundtable
December 4, 2013
Overview of
Objectives
Going the distance…so you
don’t have to…

2. Who We Are
Overview

3. Telehealth?
A mechanism for enhancing health
care, public health, and health
education delivery and
support, using electronic
communication and information.

4. State Roundtable
State Planning/Roundtable

5. Purpose
To bring together key stakeholders around
priority health needs, with the end goal of
developing consensus and establishing a 2 –
3 year strategic action plan for advancing
the adoption and utilization of telehealth as
a mechanism for meeting the identified
priority health needs.

6. Planning Team
Morris
DHSS, Division of Services for Aging &
Adults with Physical Disabilities
Bill
Love
DHSS, Division of Services for Aging &
Adults with Physical Disabilities
Gerard
Gallucci, MD
Delaware Health & Social Services
Ingrid
Pretzer-Aboff, PhD, RN University of Delaware
Brian
Olson
La Red Health Center, Inc.
Kathy
Collison
DHSS, Division of Public Health
Jonathan
(Kevin)
Massey
DHSS, Division of Public Health
Lisa
Schieffert
Betsy
Wheeler
Delaware Healthcare Association
Wheeler & Associates Management
Services
Carol

7. Health Needs

8. Health Needs
To improve:
1) access to behavioral health services;
2) access to specialty care; and
3) the management of chronic disease.

9. Outcome
Delaware Telehealth
Strategic Plan
2014-2015

10. Delaware
Telehealth
Roundtable
December 4, 2013
Vision
Going the distance…so you
don’t have to…

11. Vision
“Telehealth will be fully integrated into
Delaware’s healthcare system so that all
residents will have equitable access to
affordable, world-class, patient-centered
healthcare throughout the state.”

12. Delaware
Telehealth
Roundtable
December 4, 2013
Next Steps
Going the distance…so you
don’t have to…

13. Next Steps
Delaware Telehealth
Strategic Plan
2014-2015

14. Next Steps
http://matrc.org/