 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 FinanceTechnology Home Telehealth & Remote Monitoring Teledermatology Human FactorsTelehealth Nursing InternationalTelemental Health Ocular TelehealthTelerehabilitation Pediatric Telehealth Latin American & CarribeanPacific Islands

Emergency Preparedness and Response TeleICU ATA Industry CouncilATA 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 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 ›

 Mike Holcomb ›