Pediatric Telehealth Colloquium Symposium 2018 by UC Davis Conference and Event Services

Pediatric Telehealth Colloquium Symposium is organized by UC Davis Conference and Event Services (CES) and will be held from Oct 01 - 02, 2018 at Mercy Virtual Care Center, Chesterfield, Missouri, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is pediatricians, administrators, researchers and health care professionals interested in advancing the use of telemedicine and mobile health in pediatric care. This CME conference has been approved for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Why You Should Attend:
This activity will provide an overview of the essentials to begin and sustain a pediatric telehealth program. Providing pediatric care through telemedicine has resulted in a number of positive outcomes including higher provider satisfaction, higher parent satisfaction, higher quality of care, lower medication error rates, more appropriate transfers, and cost–savings.

Educational Objectives:
At the end of the activity, participants should be able to:
• Evaluate the policy and legal considerations surrounding telehealthcare.
• Describe various models of pediatric telehealth programs.
• Evaluate types of technologies that are available and strategies for measuring the success of their pediatric telehealth programs.
• Implement or improve the pediatric telehealth program at their institutions.
• Identify uses of direct–to–consumer technologies and what may be appropriate for their programs.
• Discuss challenges in the field and identify opportunities to overcome these barriers to broaden the use of pediatric telehealth services.