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[caption id="attachment_1959" align="aligncenter" width="614"] Left to Right Les Evans Liaison, Mike Porter CIO, Matt Jansen Executive Director, Dr. Jeffrey Kesler COO, Paula Guy CEO, Speaker of House: David Ralston, and Jerry Kaschak IT Support[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1960" align="aligncenter" width="614"]

Passes Available for Qualified Georgia Partnership for Telehealth Partners to Join Mission Health System, GA-HITREC, CMS, & More! The Institute for Health Technology Transformation (iHT2) is pleased to extend a special invitation to all qualified Georgia Partnership for Telehealth partners, members, etc. to join us at one of the most exclusive and high-level health IT Summits in 2013. The iHT2 Health IT Summit in Atlanta, taking place April 23-24, 2013 at the Historic Academy of Medicine at Georgia Tech will bring together national thought leaders and decision makers addressing the most pressing issues surrounding healthcare and information ...

In an effort to better serve behavioral health patients who visit WellStar Douglas Hospital’s Emergency Department, the System recently began using innovative technology to offer telemedicine. Provided by the Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth, the Skypetype technology allows psychiatrists at WellStar Cobb Hospital to securely and conveniently evaluate Douglas patients and expedite their discharge. According to Randy Cook, vice president of Medicine and Behavioral Health, WellStar serves approximately 8,000 behavioral health patients annually through the System’s four emergency departments. At Douglas, no psychiatrists are on site to evaluate the patients and make discharge recommendations. This resulted in patient delays and increased ...