2024 National Telehealth Conference Summary and Sessions
Read the 2024 National Telehealth Conference Report (PDF - 381 KB) with highlights of the conference and each session.
Watch individual sessions from our 2024 National Telehealth Conference:
- Opening Remarks - Watch to hear more about the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) telehealth priorities and support for telehealth.
- Increasing Access to Behavioral Health - Leaders from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' and stakeholder organizations highlighted key efforts on expanding access to behavioral health services and interstate licensure to expand access to behavioral health care using telehealth.
- Beyond Telehealth: Improving Access to Underserved Communities - Experts discuss the key telehealth issues and priorities identified by their stakeholders. Learn ways to increase access to health care through telehealth technology for underserved populations.
- Ensuring Access to Telehealth for Individuals with Low Income - This session provides an overview of efforts to equitably improve access to telehealth, especially for low-income individuals. Health equity is a key component of telehealth service delivery.
- Health Care Innovation in Telehealth - This session discusses Federal efforts for the future of telehealth technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), interoperability, and remote patient monitoring.
- Evolving World of Federal Telehealth Policy - Experts highlight key policy efforts to expand access to telehealth services.
- Improving Access to Telehealth and Broadband Services & Closing Remarks - Experts share the importance of addressing broadband to improve access to telehealth, particularly for rural communities. Discussion includes considerations for audio-only telehealth. Session ends with HRSA discussing conference highlights and key telehealth learnings.
2023 National Telehealth Conference Summary and Sessions
Read the 2023 National Telehealth Conference Report (PDF - 343 KB) with highlights of the conference and each session.
Watch individual sessions from our 2023 National Telehealth Conference:
- Opening Remarks – Watch to hear more on the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) telehealth priorities and support for telehealth.
- Leading the Way in Telehealth – Leaders from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ HRSA and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reviewed efforts to increase access to telehealth services.
- Beyond Telehealth: Improving Access to Underserved Communities – Experts discussed key telehealth priorities to increase access to health care through telehealth for the underserved.
- Improving Access to Telehealth and Broadband Services – This session provided an overview of federal efforts and resources to improve access to broadband, mainly for rural communities. Broadband is needed to deliver telehealth services.
- Using Telehealth to Strengthen the Health Care Workforce – This session talked about the importance of telehealth in strengthening the health care workforce. Experts share work being done to help providers use telehealth and things to consider for training the future workforce.
- Telehealth's Role in Behavioral Health Access and Outcomes – Providers and experts discussed telehealth’s role in increasing access to behavioral health services. They also review integrating behavioral and physical health services.
- Telehealth Trends and Research – This session highlighted recent telehealth research and discussed how it helps incorporate telehealth into the standard of care.
2022 National Telehealth Conference Summary and Sessions
Learn about telehealth best practices and updates from the 2022 National Telehealth Conference Summary (PDF - 416 KB).
Watch sessions from our 2022 National Telehealth Conference:
- HHS Leading the Way in Telehealth – Leaders from the Department of Health and Human Services discussed priorities and highlighted key efforts to expand access to telehealth services.
- Telehealth’s Role in Behavioral Health Access and Outcomes – Speakers discussed telehealth’s role in access to behavioral health services, especially for the underserved.
- Telehealth and Licensure Portability: Access Beyond State Lines – Experts shared efforts to facilitate access to interstate telehealth services.
- Improving Access to Telehealth and Broadband Services – Experts discussed federal efforts and resources to improve access to broadband.
- What’s Next for Telehealth: Looking Beyond the Pandemic – Speakers shared key telehealth concerns and how they may evolve.
- Telehealth Experience: Improving Quality and Breaking Down Barriers – Experts discussed ways to improve the quality of telehealth services from the provider and patient view.
- Integrating Telehealth into Health Care Practice – Leaders discussed considerations for incorporating telehealth in different settings.