Resources

CTEL

The Center for Telehealth and e-Health Law (CTeL) has established itself as the “go-to” legal and regulatory telehealth organization – providing vital support to the community on topics such as: physician and nurse licensure; credentialing and privileging; Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement; and private insurance payment policies.

CTeL enjoys a national reputation as one of the preeminent organizations in the field of telehealth and e-health related issues. In 1995, CTeL was created in response to a need for a legal and regulatory organization that focuses on issues impacting the advancement of telehealth.

Today, CTeL supports health care providers, law firms, associations, universities, insurance companies and venture capital firms that work to overcome legal and regulatory issues related to telehealth. CTeL also offers its members access to legal research and consulting services through CTeL’s membership benefit packages.

Cal eConnect

Cal eConnect’s mission is to collaboratively establish policies, services, and innovations that make possible the appropriate, secure, and efficient exchange of health information for the purpose of improving health and health care safety, quality, access, and efficiency for all Californians.

Telemedicine Resources

There are many Telemedicine resources. They include feeds like the ones on this site like The Journal of Telemedicine. Just click on this link.

Also there are other sites such as:

HRSA

Telehealth Resource Centers

California Hospital Association

California Healthcare Foundation

CSRHA

The California State Rural Health Association (CSRHA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots organization that works to improve the health of rural Californians and the quality and accessibility of the heath care they receive. CSRHA brings together health care providers, consumers, educators, researchers, public health and economic development agencies and others to work on a variety of issues related to preserving and enhancing the health of rural California.

The mission of CSRHA is to link rural individuals and organizations together to facilitate information exchange, collaboration, and advocacy to promote healthy rural communities.

Functions of CSRHA:

ADVOCACY: CSRHA works to facilitate information exchange, communication and collaboration among healthcare providers, government agencies, rural communities and other organizations. CSRHA works closely with its members, the California Legislative Rural Caucus and state and regional partner organizations to advocate for policy improvements on behalf of rural California. Advocacy opportunities are provided each year on behalf of members, providing a forum for open dialogue with elected officials and policy makers.
PUBLICATIONS: Policy briefs, rural fact sheets, toolkits and resource guides are produced annually by CSRHA to provide information and tools useful to rural stakeholders and policy makers.
EDUCATION & TRAINING: CSRHA acts as a vehicle to educate rural communities about the effects of policy, legislation and regulation on the health of rural communities. CSRHA facilitates an Annual Rural Health Conference, quarterly Regional Rural Roundtables, Webinars and various other seminars each year. Workshop topics include state and federal policy, healthcare financing issues, health information technology (HIT), best practices in rural communities and much more.

Who We Are:
CSRHA is a nonprofit organization governed by a board of directors elected by membership. CSRHA strives to have board composition represent the geographic, constituent, ethnic, racial and gender diversity of rural California. CSRHA's staff is available to answer your questions and provide information via phone or in person.

What We Do:
The interests of rural people must not be lost or dismissed because of distance, geographic isolation and lack of concentrated resources. CSRHA works to improve the health of rural Californians and the quality and accessibility of the health care the receive.

CTEC

About the California Telemedicine and eHealth Center

CTEC serves as a focal point for telehealth development in California, bringing together providers, rural clinics, universities, and philanthropies to support a coordinated and directed approach to telemedicine development.

CTEC provides technical assistance to developing programs and provides up to date information to new and established programs on policy, emerging trends and concerns, reimbursement, operations and other key topics. CTEC works with provider and patient sites to develop service models that support telehealth.

CTN

California Telehealth Network - The CTN is the product of an unprecedented statewide coalition of healthcare, technology, government, and other stakeholders, that drafted a proposal in spring 2007 to the Federal Communications Commission. Under the FCC's Rural Health Care Pilot Program – with the goal of significantly increasing access to acute, primary and preventive health care in rural America – the FCC will provide California with up to $22.1 million over three years. Additional funds for the CTN have been provided by the California Emerging Technology Fund, and UnitedHealth/PacifiCare.

The CTN project intends to leverage and build upon California's historic and recent investments in telehealth. In recent years, a number of exciting initiatives have been launched in California to advance the use of telecommunications and health care technology.

CTN will connect over 800 California healthcare providers in underserved areas to a state- and nation-wide broadband network dedicated to healthcare.