Bringing TeleHealth to Senior Living Communities

Hosted ByMichael Kurliand

With telehealth and long term care facilities top of mind in America right now during the Covid epidemic, this stellar podcast from West Health, a national leader in driving meaningful change to lower healthcare costs to enable successful aging in America, will help you and your organization learn the best practices to successfully design, develop, and implement a telehealth program in acute long-term care settings. Filled with valuable information from system developers, lawyers and practitioners, this podcast has the knowledge you need to move forward with a telehealth program.

Established by Gary and Mary West, successful entrepreneurs and philanthropists, West Health, is a family of three nonprofit organizations all with a singular mission of lowering healthcare costs to enable seniors to successfully age in place with access to high-quality, affordable health and support services that preserve and protect their dignity, quality of life and independence. For more information on the thought leadership, research, education and strategic focus of West Health, please visit www.westhealth.org.


All Episodes

Episode 4 | Post-Implementation: Performance Monitoring and Sustainability | David Darr, Josh Hofmeyer

State-of-the art telehealth demands outstanding post-implementation strategies. In this episode, you’ll hear Josh Hofmeyer and David Darr with industry leader Avera eCare discuss best practices from their 420 implementations. You’ll learn about the importance of educating the ecosystem, building trust, managing turnover and the need to always identify internal...

Episode 3 | Implementation: Business Models and Legal Considerations | Nathaniel Lacktman, Esq. and Kyle Faget , Esq.

In this episode, you’ll hear from two national legal leaders from Foley & Lardner, Nathaniel Lacktman and Kyle Faget, to guide your implementation of a telehealth program. If you have some questions on a traditional fee-for-service, subscription or a hybrid business model, Nate and Kyle provide incredible insights. Significant...

Episode 2 | Readiness For Change | Dr. Steven Handler, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

In this whirlwind of an episode, Dr. Steven Handler, Director of Geriatric Telemedicine for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, will help your organization understand the “readiness for change” paradigm and the culture, knowledge and beliefs necessary for a successful telehealth implementation. You’ll also hear the important practicalities of...

Episode 1 | Pre-Implementation Planning | Christopher Walker, Sharp Memorial

During this episode, you’ll listen to Christopher Walker, Vice President, Clinical Services, for Sharp Memorial Hospital, discussing the importance during the pre-implementation phase of creating a thorough needs and situational assessment in order to identify the key drivers and objectives for a successful telehealth implementation. If you’re thinking about...