Pediatric

3rd Wednesdays, 2 pm EDT

156 Members

The Pediatric Telehealth Special Interest Group promotes and fosters the growth and provision of a broad spectrum of telehealth services for infants, children and adolescents.

This group provides a forum for discussion of opportunities for clinical, research and educational collaboration, to generate interest in outreach, research and the reporting of outcomes, and to identify and remove any barriers to the fullest implementation of pediatric telehealth.

Leadership

Morgan Waller, RN, BSN

Chair

mwaller@cmh.edu

Director of Business & Operations, Telemedicine
Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

Tamara Perry

Immediate Past Chair

Tamara.perry@childrens.com

Director of Telehealth Operations
Children’s Health System of Texas

Dallas, TX

Jennifer Ruschman

Past Vice Chair

jennifer.ruschman@cchmc.org

Senior Director, Center for Telehealth
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

James T. McElligott, MD, MSCR

Past Chair

mcellig@musc.edu

Medical Director for Telehealth
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Charleston, SC

Priorities & Goals

Understand the health care needs of children that can be supported by the telehealth;
Educate a broad array of child health providers, policy makers and payers as to the broad range of opportunities brought forth through the use of telemedicine and e-health applications;
Identify opportunities for collaboration in international and domestic outreach to improve the health of children worldwide;
Promote the development of sound state and federal government policies to improve access to care for children in both rural and in urban areas;
Encourage the development of a research agenda related to pediatric applications of telehealth
Engage the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society for Pediatric Research, the Pediatric Academic Societies and the American Association of Family Practice in discussions related to telehealth related services for children.

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