| | | | | | Anthem Blue Cross, CalViva Health, California Health & Wellness and Health Net, along with additional managed care plans and physicians' groups, are supporting electronic consult (e-consult) for Medi-Cal and uninsured patients to improve access to specialty care in clinics across Sacramento and North Rural California. Learn about upcoming educational opportunities below. | | | | Sacramento E-Consult Events | | | | Sacramento E-Consult Stakeholder Webinar | |
Join us for a gathering of Sacramento providers, payers, physicians' groups and e-consult subject matter experts on April 20 from 12-1 PT. This webinar is open to all interested stakeholders. Speakers include: - Les Ybarra, President, CA Medicaid Health Plan, Anthem, Inc.
- Jackie Araj, Manager, and Kathy O'Brien, Manager, Aetna Better Health of CA
- Lilly Clements, Program Manager, Health Net
- Abbie Totten, Plan President and Sayeed Khan, MD, CMO, Molina Healthcare of California
- William Kinder, Senior Manager, OpEx/PMO, Partnership HealthPlan
- James Marcin, MD, Professor, Pediatrics, UC Davis Health
- Delphine Tuot, MD, Associate CMO, UCSF/Zuckerberg SF General
| | | | | | E-Consult Lunch and Learn in Sacramento | | Join us for a free Lunch and Learn session at the Sierra Health Foundation in Sacramento on May 10 from 12-1 PT. We look forward to seeing you in person for an open discussion of e-consult best practices and clinic needs. Space is limited to one attendee per organization. | | | | | | Upcoming Opportunities for E-Consult Education | | | | The following free educational sessions are open to all interested e-consult stakeholders and are continuing medical education (CME) opportunities for eligible providers. | | | |
E-Consult Best Practices for Pediatrics
| | April 22 from 12-1 PT Our upcoming session on E-Consult Best Practices for Pediatrics will be presented by Dr. Daniel Wilensky, Medical Director, ConferMED, and Dr. Karla Au Yeung, Medical Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Valley Children’s Healthcare. Faculty will present case examples of effective e-consult communications in response to patients’ pediatric specialty care needs. Eligible registered attendees will receive continuing medical education (CME) credit through the Weitzman Institute. Take a look at this article to learn more about how e-consults are being used to strengthen pediatric primary care. | | | | | | | |
E-Consult for Patients with Multiple Comorbidities | | April 26 from 12-1 PT
You are invited to an educational session focusing on e-consult best practices for patients with multiple comorbidities. Edward Cladera, MD, and Pamela Gould, RN, of AristaMD, will present case examples of how e-consult can be used to improve equity in access to care for individuals who need it most. This session is open to all interested stakeholders. Eligible attendees who register for the session will receive CME credit. This article identifies strategies for working with patients with obesity-related comorbidities in primary care settings, including e-consults. | | | | | | | | | | UC Davis receives $1.7M in Federal Funding for digital health equity, including e-consult | |
The University of California, Davis, will receive $1.7 million in community project funding for two projects that advance digital health equity following the passage of federal spending legislation. This funding will support four digital health navigator positions along with IT infrastructure that will expand UC Davis Health’s ability to partner and coordinate with federally qualified health centers to bring more services to vulnerable patients and community members and make access to health care easier. The program will work with community organizations to join this digital platform, to further improve care coordination and access to non-health services.
“This program will establish UC Davis Health as the statewide leader in telemedicine and digital health, while building on the medical center’s long history of reaching out to the most vulnerable, underserved populations in the region,” said Tamara L. Scott, administrator of the digital health equity program. Joshua Elder, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC Davis Health, added, “E-consults have demonstrated that digital health requires a combination and coordination of clinical, operational, and IT solutions. E-consults are a powerful simple reminder of what ingredients are necessary to see the digital health transformation that patients deserve in the coming years. | | | | | | Invite Your Peers to Join Us! | | | | | | | |
Visit econsultworkgroup.com for recent publications, policy updates, event information, and educational materials. | | | | | | North Rural and Sacramento E-Consult News is authored and maintained by BluePath Health. | | | | | | | |
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