2020 SAEM Consensus Conference
Telehealth and Emergency Medicine: A Consensus Conference to Map the Intersection of Emergency Medicine and Telehealth*
Defining an Emergency Medicine Research Agenda
*Telehealth will be defined for this conference as the use of communication technology to facilitate the delivery of healthcare. These modalities include:
- Live video
- Asynchronous communication
- Store-and-forward data transfer
- Secure messaging
- Other data technologies
Registration opens December 1, 2019
Please check back often for updates.
Keynote Speakers
Challenging Myths about Telehealth in Emergency Medicine
Judd Hollander, MD
Professor in Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University;
Associate Dean, Strategic Health Initiatives, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
A New Paradigm of Healthcare Delivery: Digitally Engaged Patients
Aaron Martin
Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, Providence St. Joseph Health
Additional Speakers
| Jason Goldwater, MA, MPA Senior Principal Atlas Research | Karen Rheuban, MD Director Center for Telehealth University of Virginia |
| Aditi Joshi, MD Medical Director JeffConnect | Scott Shipman, MD, MPH Director Clinical Innovations and Primary Care Affairs Association of American Medical Colleges |
| Ana Maria Lopez, MD, MPH, MACP Chief of Cancer Services Jefferson Health-New Jersey | Neal Sikka, MD Section Chief Innovative Practice and Telemedicine George Washington Medical Faculty Associates |
| Nick Mohr, MD, MS Clinical Associate Professor Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia-Critical Care Medicine, Epidemiology University of Iowa | Lori Uscher-Pines, PhD Senior Policy Researcher RAND Corporation |
| Christina Olson, MD Telehealth Medical Director Children’s Hospital of Colorado | Marcia M. Ward, PhD Director Rural Telehealth Research Center Director Center for Health Policy and Research College of Public Health University of Iowa |
| Dimitri Papanagnou, MD, MPH Associate Dean for Faculty Development Thomas Jefferson University |
Our Goals
| Recognize, investigate and translate the impact of telehealth on the field of emergency medicine. Consolidate existing data on telehealth, develop actionable educational and research solutions for telehealth in EM. | Highlight existing gaps in EM telehealth research, and create a roadmap for telehealth research in the ED. Deliver a consensus document to guide future research in telehealth for EM. |
Our Process
- Work will take place in breakout groups 2019-2020 via asynchronous work in ongoing flipped classroom and small group discussions.
- Small group efforts will be anchored by periodic "Town Hall" meetings.
- Small group working documents will be presented at national Conference and forged into consensus statement with input of national group
Breakout Groups
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How Can You Get Involved?
- Attend the conference
- Join a breakout group
Breakout groups will start work in October 2019 and will investigate the current state of evidence for the breakout group topic. The groups will:
- Create a list of gaps in knowledge and evidence
- Present their findings at the Consensus Conference for discussion with attendees
- Write a manuscript of their findings
Contact Us
Planning Committee
 | Emily Hayden, MD, MHPE |
 | Shruti Chandra, MD Thomas Jefferson University |
 | Christopher Davis, MD Denver Health Medical Center |
 | Peter Greenwald, MD, MS New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center |
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