USTTI Announces Telehealth Training Program March 7-9, 2023

The USTTI is proud to announce course 23-120: Developing a Multiple Site Digital Health Network, sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Further information on this program can be found below. We welcome you and your colleagues to apply on our website at https://ustti.org/apply-online/

Course Title:
Developing a Multiple Site Digital Health Network

Dates:
March 7-9, 2023

Course Description:
This course, sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation, provides a comprehensive overview for designing, developing, and delivering educational and clinical services using Digital Health technology. The course is designed for individuals who are at the initial stages of networking health care professionals together for better continuing education and for better patient services. This program focuses on needs assessment, development of partnerships between medical centers and local health care providers, selection of appropriate technologies, technical operation, educational programming, and marketing clinical services. Participants will receive training from a number of faculty and staff at UAMS, telecommunications professionals, and participating local health professionals. The course will include visits to representative sites served by the UAMS Digital Health Network.

Participant Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe how to evaluate the health care needs of communities.
  2. Conduct needs assessment.
  3. Determine the model for partnership between health professionals.
  4. Select needs that lend themselves to Digital Health solutions.
  5. Determine the best type of Digital Health technology.
  6. Describe how administrative, technical, teaching, and medical staff work together.
  7. Outline the development of continuing education programs using interactive technologies.
  8. Construct evaluation systems.

Focus:
This course is designed for those who have an interest in developing networking between health professionals utilizing Digital Health technologies. It will benefit those with technical responsibility or administrative responsibility in the creation and operation of such networks.

Funding to support this program has been provided by the U.S. State Department’s Digital Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership (DCCP) program.