Primary Care Via Telemedicine

Physicians and healthcare professionals across the globe are adapting to the “new normal” during these unprecedented times of COVID-19. Many physicians had to make the move to telemedicine vs. the in-person visit. This lecture will address on-demand technologies and self-assessment tools in the primary care setting.

This online course was planned as a virtual alternative to the Primary Care Focus Symposium rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Target Audience

Family physicians, general internists, hospitalists, physician assistants and all other interested healthcare professionals.

Learning Objectives

  • Explore the history of telemedicine solutions and programs in primary care and recent expanded use due to COVID-19.
  • Define terms utilized in telemedicine.
  • Identify the goal of primary care on demand technologies and self-assessment tools and recognize their benefits and limitations, as well as emphasize the importance of appropriate documentation.
  • Review the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Practice Guidelines.
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Using Telehealth Services https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/telehealth.html
  • Graham, J.R. (2015). Top Health Trend For 2014: Telehealth To Grow Over 50%. What Role for Regulation? Forbes. 28 December 2013.
  • Daniel, H., & Sulmasy, L.S., (2015). Policy recommendations to guide the use of telemedicine in primary care settings: An American College of Physicians position paper. Annals of internal medicine, 163(10)787-789. 
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.50 General certificate of attendance
Course opens: 
08/01/2020
Course expires: 
07/31/2021

Deepa Sharma, D.O., ABFM
Family Medicine Center, West Kendall Baptist Hospital
Benign Breast Clinic, Miami Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine 
Miami, Florida 

Deepa Sharma, D.O. ABFM, has indicated that she has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interest companies, and that she will not include off-label or unapproved product usage in her presentation or discussion.

Agueda Hernandez, M.D., conference director, has indicated that she has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interest companies, and that she will not include off-label or unapproved product usage in her discussion.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

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Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
              
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.50 General certificate of attendance
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