Author: Rebecca Verdin

The MUSC COE team is excited to announce the availability of a Telehealth Payment Parity technical assistance document and supporting Excel template! Developed by Dr. Dunc Williams, Jr., and a team from MUSC, the tool aims to enhance medical claims data evaluation relative to the provision of telehealth and in comparison to in-person services. This practical tool may benefit a variety of stakeholders, including health system and physician practice providers and operators, as well as payers.

Access the TA Document Here

Access the TA Excel Template Here

Members from the MUSC COE team and SC DHEC team presented at the 2023 US Conference on HIV/AIDS held September 6-9 in DC! This year's theme was A Love Letter to Black Women, and DHEC's Rasia White noted, "It was truly inspiring and empowering, especially to see so many women who looked like me being recognized for navigating effective strategies for ending the HIV epidemic. I appreciated the transparency of women living with HIV as they shared their stories that at times exhibited feelings of despair, but ended with their sharing of resilience and triumph. I am encouraged, and I am refreshed to continue our innovative efforts on the road to ending the HIV epidemic!"

Dr. Marty Player (Associate Professor of Family Medicine, MUSC) presented on the team's work implementing a TelePrEP program in rural South Carolina.

Initiation and Evaluation of a Telemedicine Program for HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (TelePrEP) in Rural South Carolina | Player, MD, MSCR; Diaz, MD, MSCR; Robinson, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC

 

Rasia White and Johnna Williams-Gardner (SC DHEC) presented on a pilot project for implementing electronic consent to enroll clients in DHEC's Data-to-Care program.

Piloting e-Consent for South Carolina's Data-to-Care Program | White, Gardner, Gaskin, Meissner, Kruis, Verdin, Tanyi

Members from the interdisciplinary evaluation team of the MUSC Telehealth Center of Excellence (COE) recently published an implementation science telehealth toolkit. The purpose of this toolkit is to guide clinical and research teams in the development and conduct of dissemination and implementation evaluations for new and existing telehealth programs. The toolkit includes separate sections to match the steps in an implementation science research project or telehealth program evaluation and is intended to be utilized in dynamic fashion to meet changing health care needs. There are also links in the toolkit to external dissemination and implementation resources that can support these evaluations. Click Here to Access the Toolkit

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention selected the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Center for Telehealth’s Telestroke Program to participate in an Evaluability Assessment (EA) conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago. The EA was conducted as part of the selection process to be chosen to participate in a CDC-supported rigorous evaluation of MUSC’s telestroke strategy, which is currently underway and being conducted in collaboration with the MUSC COE team. Following the EA, the CDC published a field note showcasing an overview, program components, implementation, and the impact of MUSC’s Telestroke program.