The Role of Telehealth in an Industrial Health Program

Faculty

Needs Statement

With rising healthcare costs, employers must find ways to reduce the cost of healthcare while maintaining, if not improving, the health services to its employees. An industrial health program, which includes a wellness program and uses telehealth technology, can expand the reach of services to all employees and dependents. This example actually has had a one year decrease in health costs to the company while dramatically expanding access to health services for employees and dependents.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for physicians, nurse practitioners, health administrators, educators and IT professionals, insurance professionals and public health professionals.

Objectives

1. Identify the healthcare challenges in rural America, especially in the Appalachian Mountains;
2. Assess how those healthcare challenges impact the workplace;
3. Recognize how one company implemented an employee health/wellness program to help overcome the healthcare problems of its employees and their families;
4. Review how this program utilized telehealth technology as the foundation of the program to improve employee health, increase productivity and reduce the cost of health services.

Accreditation

CME
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine presents this activity for educational purposes only. Participants are expected to utilize their own expertise and judgment while engaged in the practice of medicine. The content of the presentations is provided solely by presenters who have been selected for presentations because of recognized expertise in their field.

ACGME Competencies

• Medical knowledge

Faculty Disclosure

Dr. Wells has no relevant relationships to disclose and does not intend to discuss the off-label use of a product.

No planners or content reviewers have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Acknowledgment

HRSA-11-14
Telehealth Resource Center (TRC) Grant Program
From the office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT)
Funded through the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center (MATRC)