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QI Summit: Tackling Telehealth: Improving Quality and Access by Integrating Virtual Care in Urology (2023)
QI Summit: Tackling Telehealth: Improving Quality and Access by Integrating Virtual Care in Urology (2023)
December 2, 2023 | 8:00AM-3:00PM ET | AUA Headquarters – Linthicum, Maryland
Complimentary CME Live Course! The 2023 QI Summit, Tackling Telehealth: Improving Quality and Access by Integrating Virtual Care in Urology, aims to provide attendees with tools, evidence, and guidance to safely and effectively integrate or expand telehealth into their practice, with the ultimate goal of improving access and quality of care for all urologic patients. This conference intends to deliver high-yield, practical advice for urologic care providers who wish to better integrate telehealth into their practices in an equitable, efficient, and effective manner.
Target Audience
- Urologists
- Residents
- Fellows
- Advanced Practice Providers
- Practice Managers
- Researchers
- Policy and Advocacy Professionals
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Review the national policy and medicolegal landscape that defines the current practice of telehealth.
- Summarize best practices on how to implement telehealth into different types of urologic practice including how to address potential financial, policy, cultural and technological challenges.
- Describe the value of telehealth beyond the traditional provider-patient clinic encounter, such as within group, inpatient, and academic settings.
- Discuss how critical national urologic access and equity needs can be advanced through telehealth initiatives.
- Develop a policy, education, and dissemination agenda that advances high quality urologic implementation of telehealth nationally.
2023 Quality Improvement Summit Agenda
Tackling Telehealth: Improving Quality and Access by Integrating Virtual Care in Urology
December 2, 2023
7:15 - 8:00am | Registration and Breakfast |
8:00 - 8:05am | Opening Remarks Jennifer Robles, MD, MPH & Kara Watts, MD |
8:05 - 8:45am | Telehealth Policy: History and Current Controversies Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS |
8:45 - 9:10am | Innovative Telehealth Practices Beyond Urology Lisa Finkelstein, DO |
9:10 - 9:30am | Telehealth & Expanding Access to Rural Urologic Care Adam Gadzinski, MD, MS |
9:30 - 9:55am
| Telehealth and Trainees Juan Andino, MD, MBA |
9:55 - 10:15am | Coffee Break |
10:15 - 11:35am
| How to Effectively Incorporate Telehealth into Your Practice Panel Helen Bernie, DO, MPH, Julia Finkelstein, MD, MPH, Adam Gadzinski, MD, MS, Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, Aaron Spitz, MD Moderators: Jennifer Robles, MD, MPH & Kara Watts, MD |
11:35am – 12:00 pm
| Lessons Learned from Telehealth Adoption in the National VHA Healthcare System Jeremy Shelton, MD |
12:00 - 1:00pm | Networking Lunch |
1:00 – 1:30pm
| Telehealth Policy: Current Landscape & Challenges Q&A Maureen Cones, Esq, Lisa Finkelstein, DO, Eugene Rhee, MD, MBA, Raymond L. Wezik, JD Moderator: Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS |
1:30 – 1:50pm
| Practical Telehealth Billing and Reimbursement Jonathan Rubenstein, MD |
1:50 - 2:25pm
| Medico-Legal Considerations in Telehealth Maureen Cones, Esq & Eugene Rhee, MD, MBA |
2:25 – 2:50pm
| Developing Quality Improvement Resources for Telehealth Julia Finkelstein, MD, MPH, Lisa Finkelstein, DO, Jennifer Robles, MD, MPH, Aaron Spitz, MD, Kara Watts, MD |
2:50 - 3:00pm
| Closing Remarks Jennifer Robles, MD, MPH & Kara Watts, MD |
Travel
Hotel: The closest hotel to the AUA is the Hilton Garden Inn BWI Airport
- 1516 Aero Drive
- Linthicum, MD 20190
- (410) 691-0500
- Hotel Location
Shuttle Service: Complimentary shuttle service to and from Baltimore Washington International (BWI) Airport is provided to guests by the hotel. To coordinate pick-up from BWI, please call the main desk to request transportation AFTER you have picked up your luggage.
COI Work Group Disclosures
COI Review Work Group Disclosures_1.pdf
AUA staff have nothing to disclose.
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
Jennifer Robles, MD,MPH
Kara Watts, MD
Juan Andino, MD,MBA
Gregory Auffenberg, MD
Helen Bernie, MD
Maureen Cones, EVP
Chad Ellimoottil, MD
Julia Finkelstein, MD
Lisa Finkelstein, DO
Adam Gadzinski, MD,MS
Eugene Rhee, MD
Jennifer Robles, MD,MPH
Jonathan Rubenstein, MD
Jeremy Shelton, MD
Aaron Spitz, MD
Kara Watts, MD
Raymond Wezik, JD
Chad Ellimoottil, MD
Jennifer Robles, MD,MPH
Kara Watts, MD
ACCREDITATION:
The American Urological Association (AUA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CREDIT DESIGNATION:
The American Urological Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
OTHER LEARNERS:
The AUA is not accredited to offer credit to participants who are not MDs or DOs. However, the AUA will issue documentation of participation that states that the activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
EVIDENCE BASED CONTENT:
It is the policy of the AUA to ensure that the content contained in this CME activity is valid, fair, balanced, scientifically rigorous, and free of commercial bias.
AUA DISCLOSURE POLICY:
All persons in a position to control the content of an educational activity (i.e., activity planners, presenters, authors) are required to disclose to the provider any relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. The AUA must determine if the individual’s relationships may influence the educational content and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the commencement of the educational activity. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent individuals with relevant financial relationships from participating, but rather to provide learners information with which they can make their own judgments.
RESOLUTION OF IDENTIFIED CONFLICT OF INTEREST:
All disclosures will be reviewed by the program/course directors or editors for identification of conflicts of interest. Peer reviewers, working with the program directors and/or editors, will document the mechanism(s) for management and resolution of the conflict of interest and final approval of the activity will be documented prior to implementation. Any of the mechanisms below can/will be used to resolve conflict of interest:
- Peer review for valid, evidence-based content of all materials associated with an educational activity by the course/program director, editor, and/or Education Content Review Committee or its subgroup.
- Limit content to evidence with no recommendations
- Introduction of a debate format with an unbiased moderator (point-counterpoint)
- Inclusion of moderated panel discussion
- Publication of a parallel or rebuttal article for an article that is felt to be biased
- Limit equipment representatives to providing logistics and operation support only in procedural demonstrations
- Divestiture of the relationship by faculty
OFF-LABEL OR UNAPPROVED USE OF DRUGS OR DEVICES:
The audience is advised that this continuing medical education activity may contain reference(s) to off-label or unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Please consult the prescribing information for full disclosure of approved uses.
Available Credit
- 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 5.75 Non-Physician Participation