named as one of FierceHealthCare ’ s “ 8 Influential Women Reshaping Health IT .” Dr . Romm holds a medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine and a Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health . She completed her pediatrics residency at Massachusetts General Hospital . @ sylvia _ romm
Jay H . Shore , MD , MPH
Director of Telemedicine
Helen and Arthur E . Johnson Depression Center University of Colorado
Jay H . Shore , MD , MPH , is the Director of Telemedicine at the Helen and Arthur E . Johnson Depression Center , Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the School of Public Health ’ s Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health , and Medical Director for the Steven A . Cohen Military Family Clinic at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus . He also is Chief Medical Officer at AccessCare , Associate Medical Director for the Colorado Physician Health Program , and the rural Native Veteran Domain Lead for the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Rural Health Resource Center Western Region ( VRHRC-WR ). His career has focused on the use of ongoing technology in mental health . He currently is participating in multiple projects , which include development , implementation , and assessment of programs in native , rural , and military settings aimed at improving both quality and access to care . Dr . Shore has consulted for tribal , state , and federal agencies and served on planning and / or grant review committees for several federal agencies including the Department of Veterans Affairs , the Department of Defense , the Indian Health Service , and the National Institutes of Health .
Alexis Silver , MBA
Principal Alexis Silver Consulting
Alexis Silver has been involved in the telehealth and remote monitoring field since 2003 , working with providers to develop and improve telehealth programs and advocating on the state and federal levels for policy and reimbursement changes that support the use of technologies for aging and vulnerable populations . She co-wrote legislation that led to Medicaid reimbursement for telehealth in New York and worked with the New York State Department of Health to design and implement New York ’ s Home Telehealth
Demonstration Project . As a program advisor , she worked with home care agencies throughout New York , helping them design , implement , and evaluate their programs ; co-wrote a telehealth manual ; and implemented a telehealth certification program for home care nurses . As an independent consultant , Ms . Silver has worked with Metropolitan Jewish Hospital System and Jewish Home Lifecare ( now the New Jewish Home ) in New York City . She also served as a clinical project manager overseeing a joint effort between Jewish Home and Panasonic in the development of several remote monitoring products and has written policy documents and FDA applications for a startup medical technology company . She is Vice Chair of the American Telemedicine Association ’ s Home Telehealth and Remote Monitoring Special Interest Group .
Scott Simmons , MS
Chief Telemedicine Business Architect Medweb
Scott Simmons , Chief Telemedicine Business Architect for Medweb , has presented and published extensively on various aspects of telehealth and is a member of the editorial board of the Telemedicine and e-Health Journal . In 2014 he joined Medweb from the University of Miami ( UM ) where , as Director of TeleHealth , he developed and managed UM ’ s telehealth portfolio , including a school-based telehealth program , store-and-forward dermatology , a pediatric mobile clinic , and telehealth capabilities to support the Haiti earthquake relief team and provide humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America . He began his career in telehealth with the US space program at the Johnson Space Center , where he was project manager for the Telemedicine Instrumentation Pack ( TIP ), NASA ’ s first space-certified telemedicine system . He then moved to CyberMDx , Inc ., a firm formed to commercialize the TIP , and served as its VP of Operations and Chief Technology Officer . He was Assistant Director of East Carolina University ’ s Telemedicine Center , where he led the expansion of ECU ’ s telemedicine network to more than double in size . He is a member of the American Telemedicine Association ’ s College of Fellows . Mr . Simmons received his BS in biomedical engineering from Tulane University and his MS in industrial engineering from the University of Houston .
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