Archived Newsletter 2013-2023

Archived Newsletters 2013-2022

  • Winter 2023- Coming Soon!

    Coming Soon!

  • Fall 2023- Coming Soon!

    Coming Soon!

  • Summer 2023- Pride Month

    Here’s the scoop! This issue includes a re-cap of our conference with gpTRAC and Episode 17 of Telehealth Unmuted. HTRC also shares resources to support LGBTQ+ patients for Pride Month and information about National HIV testing day. 


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  • Spring 2023- Women's History Month

    Celebrate Women’s History Month with the HTRC. Hear from women leaders in telemedicine who are doing remarkable work in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. 


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  • December 2020

    • Telehealth educational videos
    • Funding opportunities to expand access to telehealth
    • Telemedicine ECHO, COVID-19, and HTRC webinars

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  • November 2020

    • Telehealth educational videos
    • Funding opportunities to expand access to telehealth
    • Telemedicine ECHO, COVID-19, and HTRC webinars

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  • October 2020

    • Telehealth educational videos
    • Funding opportunities to expand access to telehealth
    • Telemedicine ECHO, COVID-19, and HTRC webinars

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  • September 2020

    • Telehealth educational videos
    • Funding opportunities to expand access to telehealth
    • Telemedicine ECHO, COVID-19, and HTRC webinars

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  • August 2020

    Telehealth educational videos

    Funding opportunities to expand access to telehealth

    Telemedicine ECHO, COVID-19, and HTRC webinars


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  • July 2020

    Telehealth educational videos

    Funding opportunities to expand access to telehealth

    Telemedicine ECHO, COVID-19, and HTRC webinars


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  • June 2020

    Telehealth educational videos

    Funding opportunities to expand access to telehealth

    Telemedicine ECHO, COVID-19, and HTRC webinars


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  • May 2020

    • Telehealth educational videos
    • Funding opportunities to expand access to telehealth
    • Telemedicine ECHO, COVID-19, and HTRC webinars

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  • April 2020

    • State and federal updates to telehealth policy during COVID-19
    • Funding opportunities to expand access to telehealth
    • Telemedicine ECHO, COVID-19, and HTRC webinars

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  • March 2020

    • NEW COVID-19 Resources for Telehealth
    • COVID-19 ECHOs
    • Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant

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  • February 2020

    • CMS emergency response to COVID-19
    • Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant
    • Register for HTRC Webinar Series: Opioids and Substance Use Treatment, April 7

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  • January 2020

    • New telehealth opportunities!
    • Telehealth network grant program

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  • December 2019

    Happp Holidays!


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  • November 2019

    • Rural, telecardiology partnership: A story of connections
    • CCHP releases update of state telehealth policy
    • Write Your Own DLT Grant Workshop

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  • October 2019

    • Team-based care benefits chronically ill patients
    • HTRC celebrates the power of rural
    • CCHP releases update of state telehealth policy

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  • September 2019

    • Genetic testing for breast cancer gets a boost in Kansas
    • Do your patients know you offer telehealth???
    • Senior acceptance of telehealth

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  • August 2019

    • Results of HTRC's 2019 Physician Assistant Telehealth survey
    • AAPA announces telehealth committee
    • Legislative update for PAs

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  • July 2019

    • Oklahoma Telehealth Summit kicks off August 26
    • Telehealth Technology Showcase
    • ATA releases new, 50-state reimbursement report

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  • June 2019

    • A rural Kansas hospital expands services through telehealth
    • The iAmHealthy Approach to Rural Pediatric Obesity
    • New study shows increase in telehealth use

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  • May 2019

    • Distance counseling in higher education
    • Telemedicine: A Provider's Prospective
    • ECHO superhub

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  • April 2019

    • High-risk pregnancy ECHOs
    • Use of Telehealth to Increase Access to Dental Care
    • Developmental disabilities ECHO series

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  • March 2019

    • Virtual diabetes prevention programs
    • Telehealth partnership brings hospitals together
    • Licensure compact update

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  • February 2019

    • Deploying technology solutions to help children reach a healthy weight
    • Obesity Medicine ECHO
    • Missouri Telehealth Summit profiles Missouri telehealth successes

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  • January 2019

    • Telestroke in the spotlight on HTRC webinar series
    • Take the biennial TTAC Survey
    • New year, new CMS codes and more!

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  • December 2018

    Happy New Year!


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  • November 2018

    • Maternal and Child Health grants awarded in HTRC region
    • DLT grants in HTRC region
    • Guidance for FQHCs in Missouri
    • HHS Guidance on treatment of substance use disorder

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  • October 2018

    • Telehealth Technology Summit

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  • September 2018

    • OSU HIV telehealth clinic increases access for rural Oklahomans

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  • August 2018

    • Educating the educators through Project ECHO

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  • July 2018

    • Project ECHO making a difference for Hep C patients
    • Remote patient monitoring may receive boost from CMS

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  • June 2018

    • FCC votes to raise funding cap on rural telehealth program
    • Telehealth: A bright spot in the rural health landscape

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  • May 2018

    • Kansas Telemedicine Act signed into law
    • Show-Me ECHO works to improve veteran health

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  • April 2018

    An innovative ALS telemedicine clinic is making a difference for Kansas patients


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  • March 2018

    • Kitchen Therapy streams healthy cooking lessons
    • Telehealth bills to watch in Kansas & Missouri

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  • February 2018

    • Medicare coverage to expand for telehealth home dialysis
    • Telehealth successes in the new federal spending bill
    • Project ECHO's Dr. Sanjeev Arora visits Kansas

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  • January 2018

    • American Heart Month: Remote patient monitoring and heart health
    • USDA telehealth grants awarded to Oklahoma and Missouri orgs.
    • Results of Oklahoma Telehealth Utilization Survey

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  • December 2017

    • New CMS billing codes for telehealth
    • FCC votes to end net neutrality regulations

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  • November 2017

    • Public health meets telehealth
    • CCHP report shows strengths and weaknesses of telehealth policy in Kan., Mo. and Okla.
    • AAN teleneurology team develops curriculum to standardize practice

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  • October 2017

    • HTRC and a happy patient usher in telehealth in Kansas CAH
    • Project ECHO: One billion lives by 2025

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  • September 2017

    • ECHO reducing impact of childhood asthma in Missouri
    • Impact Asthma ECHO savings likely top $4 million
    • Family physicians receive dose of telehealth from TRCs
    • Telehealth steps up in a crisis

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  • August 2017

    • National Maternal and Infant Nutrition Course
    • Tribute to Mario Gutierrez
    • Telehospice providing comfort in rural Kansas
    • New Missouri Hospital Foundation report

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  • July 2017

    • Telehealth's role in the opioid crisis
    • Most wired hospitals list

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  • June 2017

    • New youth telemental health practice guidelines
    • Family physicians are interested in telehealth, few are using
    • State telehealth regulation quick reference guides

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  • May 2017

    • Physical Therapy Licensure Compact
    • HTRC partners present at National Rural Health Association Conference
    • Practical tips for procuring telehealth reimbursement
    • Senator Moran (R-Kan.) convenes hearing to discuss VA Telemedicine
    • Show-Me ECHO funding restored

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  • April 2017

    • School nurses vital to implementation of school telehealth program
    • Meeting school nurses where they are
    • New opportunity for Kansas docs to practice telemed across state lines
    • MTN's Mirna Becevic, Ph. D. chosen as a top faculty achiever

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  • March 2017

    • Regional Telehealth Legislative Update
    • Study finds DTC telehealth visits not a panacea

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  • January 2017

    • 21st Century Cures Act keeps Telehealth a hot topic
    • Telehealth ROCKS (Rural Outreach for Children of Kansas) implementation strategies revealed
    • Missouri Governor cuts telehealth funding
    • Sunflower Foundation Capacity Building Grants

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  • December 2016

    • Indian Health Workshop
    • Telehealth Technology Assessment Centers Survey
    • HTRC director publishes elemental health guide
    • National ECHO bill heads to House

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  • November 2016

    • Telesupervision in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma aids rural communities
    • HTRC Director, Eve-Lynn Nelson, to serve on The National Quality Forum
    • Professional development training to advance integration of telehealth in Missouri

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  • October 2016

    • KanTel board recommendation meeting
    • HTRC says "goodbye" to Oklahoma director, Cynthia Scheideman-Miller
    • A new Kansas partnership hopes to improve access to care in rural Kansas
    • Skilled nursing facilities soon eligible for Universal Service Fund

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  • September 2016

    • Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin tours telehealth sites
    • Show-Me ECHO teams kick off fall season
    • Kansas ECHO Pain Management
    • Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) report recommends changes to Medicare coverage

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  • August 2016

    • Virtual diabetes prevention programs
    • Telehealth partnership brings hospitals together
    • Licensure compact update

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  • July 2016

    • mHealth's role in Missouri's war on melanoma
    • Introducing Kantel, teleheatlh advisory board in Kansas
    • Expansion of telehealth to allied health practices in Oklahoma
    • AMA taking steps to ensure quality of telemedicine startups

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  • June 2016

    • Telepresenter tips from a telehospitalist
    • Missouri's war on melanoma
    • Telemedicine makes things easier for recent heart transplant patients in Wichita
    • Kiosks poised to improve mental health in central Kansas
    • The VA announces plans to expand telemental health services around the country

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  • May 2016

    • Dietary consultations: Now available through telemedicine
    • Compacts aim to increase telehealth practice in Kansas and Oklahoma
    • Project-ECHO is making waves on a national scale

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  • April 2016

    • Montana tackles diabetes head-on with the implementation of a state-wide Diabetes Prevention Program
    • KUMC's TeleECHO program partners with rural Kansas communities to treat autism
    • CoxHealth is making strides in reproductive care by incorporating telemedicine

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  • March 2016

    • Bipartisan, federal legislation would mark a major advancement in telehealth coverage
    • Kansas connects community to free mental health and substance use checkups
    • Telehealth may expand Oklahoman's access to optometrists

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  • February 2016

    • Movement to end informed consent for telehealth signals change in acceptance
    • Missouri legislators all in for telehealth
    • Kansas Hospital Association hosts telemed workshop
    • CMS's new rule could mean transformation for Medicaid Home Health
    • NextGen ACOs to remove geographical telehealth restrictions

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  • January 2016

    • Patients are ready for telehealth
    • Rule changes would increase access to speech and language audiology services
    • New Telehealth Alliance of Oklahoma benefit
    • New USDA telemedicine grants announced

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  • December 2015

    • MTN research confirms: Patients love telehealth
    • Kansas mental health facility will offer much-needed services with telehealth
    • Oklahoma expands PA scope-of-practice
    • Three Missouri facilities awarded USDA telemed grants

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  • November 2015

    • TRCs talk to vendors about needs of rural users
    • Mercy opens virtual care center
    • Oklahoma payer adds telehealth coverage
    • HTRC presents at APHA

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  • October 2015

    • VIDEO: Telepresenter best practices
    • Inside look at Missouri's IMPACT Asthma ECHO
    • Telehealth Rocks grant to focus on child poverty in rural communities
    • Regulatory round-up

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  • September 2015

    • VIDEO: INTEGRIS Health uses FaceTime to offer care anytime, anywhere
    • Salina Regional expands telehealth program
    • University of Missouri mHealth innovations
    • What you need to know about the Nurse Licensure Compact

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  • August 2015

    • VIDEO: How to avoid telemedicine faux pas
    • Kansas expands mental health deaf services
    • SLIDESHOW: Focus on Telehealth tips
    • Center for Connected Health report: slow improvements in reimbursement

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  • July 2015

    • Oklahoma Medicaid expands telehealth coverage!
    • VIDEO: Rural cardiologist uses EKG smartphone app to increase capacity
    • Missouri telehealth project lands state funding
    • Kansas works to connect special needs families to care
    • Medicare turns 50

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  • April 2015

    • Video: Dr. Karen Edison on doctor-patient relationships via telemed
    • Better tech leads to tele-oncology expansion in Salina, Kan.
    • Federal and state legislative update
    • Telehealth news round-up
    • Aspiring health care professionals introduced to telehealth

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  • January 2015

    • Five promising technologies from Consumer Electronics Show
    • Oklahoma Medicaid increases telehealth coverage
    • 2015 CMS telehealth codes
    • Meet new HTRC Project Director Janine Gracy
    • Show-Me ECHO launches early to bring needed pain relief

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  • October 2014

    • Seven ways to get your home monitoring program started
    • Oklahoma Telehealth Conference: Transforming health care
    • Telegenetic counseling increases access for SW Oklahoma
    • How a robot has expanded pediatric allergy services in Kansas
    • Telehealth stakeholders praise CMS proposal, think more can be done
    • $12 million grant awarded to KU Hospital and partners

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  • July 2014

    • CMS cuts red tape for CAHs and FQHCs
    • CMS proposes new telemedicine CPT codes
    • MTN builds capacity in Mexico
    • Okla. bill means CMHCs can continue services
    • Tip: Finding a provider

  • April 2014

    • HTRC takes the show on the road in Kansas
    • CEO perspective: Why what's good for patients is good for business
    • Show-Me ECHO mentoring project set to begin in Missouri
    • What can HTRC do for you?
    • Tip: Bill for it!
  • January 2014

    • iPads help parents connect with newborns in NICU

    • Most Oklahoma telemedicine is rural to rural

    • Video: Making telehealth implementation easy

    • CMS expands telehealth reimbursement



  • December 2013

    • KU puts telemedicine on wheels with the Wellcar
    • Successful implementation is in the details
    • Making telemedicine part of your routine
    • HTRC continues work with Oklahoma legislature
    • Tips for telehealth presenters
  • November 2013

     VIDEO: Money-saving telehealth tips

    • Can you have too much bandwidth?

    • Diversifying telehealth services could improve your ROI

    • Telehealth Alliance of Oklahoma Legislative Summit

    • MTN telederm app

    • OMB public hearing on Okla. telemed rules

  • October 2013

    • HTRC: Changing to meet today’s health care needs
    • Safety First
    • Make the most of needs assessments
    • Was Skype to blame?
    • Clearing the air over disciplined Oklahoma doctor
  • September 2013

    • Over 5,300 miles and a world of similarities
    • Sustaining telehealth for the long term
    • Midwest Cancer Alliance makes the most of telehealth
    • New iPhone, new mHealth potential
  • August 2013

    • Live demo "show-stopper" at Oklahoma Healthcare Summit
    • Telemedicine increasing profits, opportunities at St. Louis hospital
    • ACO partnership reviving health care in Kansas
    • VA continues telemedicine surge
  • July 2013

    • New Missouri law helps put telemedicine firmly on the map
    • Oklahoma program helps keep kids safe
    • iPads support patients with severe digestive disorders
    • Telenursing project brings care for sexual assault victims closer to home
    • Proposed CMS rule would redefine "rural"
  • June 2013

    • HIPAA-compliant texting in Kansas
    • Broadband speeds health care access
    • Mending hearts
    • Media today: Now starring telemedicine
  • May 2013

    • Educating telehealth administrators of today and tomorrow
    • OU Nursing Program trains future workforce for telehealth
    • MU teledermatology clinic makes an impact: Increasing access and adoption of telemedicine
    • Missouri Telehealth Network goes international
    • Telemedicine making a splash on state and federal level
  • April 2013

    • Nourishing kids through telemedicine
    • HTRC works to reduce barriers to telehealth adoption
    • Telehealth as a tool for kids with autism
    • Legislation to reimburse telemedicine reaches Missouri House
    • Telehealth resource centers: The friends you didn’t know you had
    • Three counties in HTRC tri-state gain telehealth benefits
  • March 2013

    • Waiting room app makes a difference for kids with IBD
    • Pairing preemies and parents with an iPad
    • Fitness technology gets people moving
    • Regulating apps: How far will the FDA go?
    • Listening with your eyes
    • Future's so bright
  • February 2013

    • mHealth: Breaking the mental health access barrier for college students
    • Tulsa at the heart of Million Hearts Campaign app launch
    • North KC-based company receives FDA approval on fetal monitoring mobile device
    • I (heart) apps
    • What the new HIPAA rule means for mHealth
    • HTRC partners work with Oklahoma state representative to draft legislation
  • January 2013

    • Kansas telemonitoring project shows promise for reducing hospital admissions
    • Tulsa-area telehealth provider helps win CMS initiative
    • Show-Me state success: Reducing readmissions
    • ACA offers new opportunities for telehealth in 2013
    • Applying health literacy to telehealth
    • New 2013 telehealth codes
    • FCC: Major changes to Rural Health Care Program
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