Athletic Trainers and Telehealth: Injury Triage Evolution

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Abstract:
Athletic trainers have long provided telehealth services for the athletes they care for. As the athletic training profession has evolved, athletic trainers have had the unique opportunity to utilize these skills in other settings including physician practice. It is important to understand the legal aspects of providing this service in the physician practice setting and ensure that providing this type of service is within the scope of practice for the state the athletic trainer is working.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the legal aspects of providing telehealth services within the physician practice setting.
  • Organize resources to create a comprehensive telehealth experience from intake to discharge for the patient.
  • Formulate KPI’s and other measures of success to determine the efficacy of the telehealth program.

Level:
Advanced

Domain(s):
Domain 2: Assessment Evaluation and Diagnosis 
Domain 3: Critical Incident Management 
Domain 4: Therapeutic Intervention 
Domain 5: Health Care Administration and Professional Responsibility

Orthopedic Domain(s):
N/A

CEUs:
0.5 Category A

Keywords:
Telehealth, KPIs, physician practice

Enhanced Access On-Demand Course Expiration:
Access to this course will expire at the end of the membership year on December 31 at 11:59 p.m. CST.
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Michael Roberts, MA, ATC, BCS-O, OTC

Michael is the Assistant Manager for Sports Medicine at OrthoNebraska. In his current role he coordinates outreach efforts to area schools and sports organizations. Michael helps to create a seamless transition for injured athletes needing to be seen in clinic, working with sports medicine physicians, APP’s, and athletic trainers to provide a high level of service and care. He also oversees the organization’s injury triage app, staffed by athletic trainers. Prior to assuming his role as Assistant Manager, Michael worked in the physician clinic as a DME Coordinator, Clinical Athletic Trainer in the Urgent Care, and as a Clinical Athletic Trainer for two primary care sports medicine physicians.

Michael is actively involved with COPA at the state, district, and national level. He currently serves at the Chair of the COPA Committee for Nebraska, he is a member of the COPA Council for the Mid-America Athletic Trainers’ Association, and serves on the Physician Practice Panel for COPA with the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.

Michael completed his undergraduate work at Northwest Missouri State University, and his graduate work at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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