Telehealth 2023

Technology has changed the face of care delivery. Practitioners and patients can’t get enough, from digital devices, to innovative platforms and apps. Amid the pandemic, telehealth has become more norm than exception, though is it applicable for all?  How up to speed are you on the latest legal, ethical, and practice parameters? This presentation provides the nuts and bolts of telehealth practice from foundational knowledge, key elements, and outcomes, to alignment with established resources of guidance, and sound practices. Engage in an ethical experience to advance your telehealth knowledge core.

About Ellen Fink-Samnick
Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW '83, BA '82, is an award-winning industry entrepreneur who empowers healthcare's interprofessional workforce. She is a subject matter expert on Health Equity, Ethics, Professional Case Management Practice, Interprofessional Teams, and Trauma-informed Leadership. Her latest books include, The Essential Guide to Interprofessional Ethics for Healthcare Case Management, The Social Determinants of Health: Case Management's Next Frontier, End of Life Care for Case Management, and upcoming Social Determinants of Mental Health: Advancing Wholistic Practice Excellence.

Ellen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Board-certified Case Manager, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and Certified Rehabilitation Provider. She is recipient of the 2022 Social Worker of the Year Award from the National Association of Social Workers for Virginia. Her academic appointments include the University of Buffalo School of Social Work, and George Mason University’s Departments of Social Work and Global Community Health. She is a clinical supervision trainer and instructor for the National Association of Social Workers of Virginia, lead for Rise Association’s Social Determinants of Health Community, moderator of Ellen’s Ethical Lens^TM on LinkedIn and author of the blog, Ellen’s Interprofessional Insights. Ellen is a consultant for the Case Management Institute, moderator of their Case Managers Community, and earned her Doctor of Behavioral Health from Cummings Graduate Institute of Behavioral Health Studies in late 2022.

Ellen's fierce professional voice has been constant across her varied roles. She has served as a commissioner of the Commission for Case Manager Certification and Chair of their Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee, as well as a past member of the Board of Directors for the Case Management Society of America. Ellen has served on the Gravity Project’s Intervention Council and was recently appointed to the National Coalition for Social Work and Health. She is a Board consultant to the American Association of Doctors of Behavioral Health, and editorial board member for the Professional Case Management Journal, and Case Management Monthly.