THU 14 MAY // 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET

Ep 18: Telehealth: Strategies and Best Practices for Rehabilitation

Guest Speaker: Nan D. Musson, MA, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, National Speech Pathology Discipline Lead, Rehabilitation & Prosthetics Services Program Office at the Department of Veterans Affairs

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of the webinar, learners will be able to:

1. Utilize virtual options to stay connected with patients and their families
2. Develop a strategy for telehealth services: Who, What, When, Where, and Why then the Technology
3. Understand basic strategies for an effective telehealth visit
4. Review telehealth options across the health care continuum (from inpatient to outpatient)
5. Identify and Implement best practices when establishing a telehealth services

HELPFUL LINKS

• Presentation Slides
• Sample Patient Satisfaction Survey Telehealth Pilot
• Sample Telehealth Competencies

ABOUT NAN MUSSON

Nan Musson is the National Speech Pathology Discipline Lead within the Rehabilitation and Prosthetics Services Program Office at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Her career as a speech-language pathologist began at the Miami VAMC and she served as the Section Chief, Speech Pathology Services in Gainesville, FL until 2019. She is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association and recieved Honors from the Association of VA Speech-Language Pathologists. Her reserch interests include aphasia and dysphagia and she is currently involved in developing several evidenced-bases intervention protocols utilizing telehealth technology.