CONGRATS to Steve Broglio Michigan Concussion Center & Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS who’ve just been named the 2023 recipients of our Policy Impact Award! 🎉 The award recognizes their significant work in improving health policy & practice in their respective fields. #ihpi24
ihpi.umich.edu/news/broglio-e…

HUGE congrats to Steve Broglio, PhD, ATC & Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS for receiving the 2024 U-M IHPI Policy Impact Award for their work on concussions and virtual care, respectively! So much important work happening across IHPI #GoBlue #Michigan

Medicare has paid for asynchronous #telehealth e-visits since 2020.

Are older adults using them?

New findings in Health Affairs's new Health Affairs Scholar journal from one of our Nat’l Clinician Scholars Program at U-M IHPI scholars Terence Liu, M.D. and Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS: ihpi.umich.edu/news/medicare-…

This session was *so* awesome!!

Among many 🤩🤩, Ben Pockros (PGY2!!) shares his spectacular work helping patients find tools to compare Medicare plans’ out of pocket drug costs

👀 the video: youtu.be/g8HC0EwSyQ0?si… #AUAsummit24

“Telehealth is worth continuing.” - @JJAndinoMD continues to make Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS proud by remind us why at #AUASummit24 UCLA Urology U-M IHPI Michigan Urology

UM Uro Onc attending Dr. Herrel Lindsey Herrel was the keynote speaker at #AUASummit24 ! She highlighted supply and demands factors impacting the future urology workforce shortage and her work with Catherine NamMD Kate Kraft

Today's massive cell service #outage across the U.S. is a good reminder that some people rely on cell phones or land lines to have #telehealth visits with health providers of all kinds.

And many homes still don't have broadband Internet. Michigan data: ihpi.umich.edu/news/michigand…

Post-lunch panel - open discussion regarding gap between data, interest in #telehealth flexibilities being permanent by patients, providers, and lawmakers but prevented by… politics. No political will to get this done now, in an election year despite bipartisan support #AUAQI23

Dr Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS Michigan Urology U-M IHPI highlights existing literature around access, quality, and cost

Just like in his Senate hearing, highlights that policy decisions could lead to fast or slow death of telehealth despite + research findings

In addition to comprehensive overview of existing literature in these 3 categories, Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS highlights that we need to correct the narrative that phone visits are low value care.

The modality of care is not what matters, it is the ability to do medical decision making

Our researchers' work often informs #HealthPolicy - and sometimes they even get asked to testify before Congress!

Just last week, our medical director of virtual care, Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS, testified before Senate Finance Cmte on #telehealth & #Medicare : michmed.org/KqJ43 UM Government Relations

So proud to watch Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS going big time, presenting on Telehealth to the US Senate!
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Our own Michigan Urology faculty Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS is currently testifying at the US Senate Subcommittee meeting on Telehealth access! #GoBlue #AUA #telehealth

Watch Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS testify before the Senate Finance Cmte Healthcare hearing on #telehealth or read his testimony: finance.senate.gov/hearings/ensur…

So proud of Simpa Salami on being named a Cancer Moonshot Scholar by President Biden The White House National Cancer Institute ! what an incredible honor. University of Michigan Michigan Medicine University of MichiganUrology Amer. Urol. Assn. YUO Go Blue!

I wrote this for everyone who has ever tried to find an in-network #mentalhealth provider for themself or a child, or has just bitten the bullet & paid out of pocket, hoping against hope for later reimbursement:
michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/wha… #paritynow

Chapter 7 includes #telehealth report to Congress. An important read for those involved in research, health policy, and advocacy in this space esp the changes in pandemic-era policies with PHE ending in May.

Important points below:

Registration is free, space is limited so register asap: auanet.org/guidelines-and…

Look at this fantastic agenda. #AUAQI23

Exciting news in Virtual Care! Senator Brian Schatz's office introduces legislation in the U.S. Senate aiming to make telehealth flexibilities a permanent part of healthcare. With bipartisan support, the bill already has 60 co-sponsoring senators! schatz.senate.gov/news/press-rel…

Anyone aware of digital health companies working on an Epic app that integrates ChatGPT functions into patient portal messaging? Like auto-fill draft replies or proofreading clinician responses. It could help ease provider burnout with inbasket messages