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Episode 36 Interview with Kyle Zebley, Senior Vice President of Public Policy at the American Telemedicine Association and Executive Director, ATA Action
In this episode you’ll be hearing from the first policy expert we’ve had on our show and we don’t think we could have brought you a better one!
It is important for us to emphasize this interview would not have been possible without the great coordinated cooperation from Gina Cella Senior VP of Strategic Connections and Ann Mond Johnson CEO of the ATA, so we want to thank them both here as well along with all the great work their team does every day to support this common mission of advancing telehealth.
We’ve learned lessons through the pandemic of telehealth’s ability to bridge care gaps, improve care coordination and fill healthcare workforce shortages. With all that now known, virtual care delivery could still be in danger of heading over the “telehealth cliff” without permanent policy changes and action as Kyle explains it well in this episode.
Mike and I both believe strongly the impact of policy changes will be a critical piece in shaping future delivery of rehabilitative stroke care and recovery into the home with improved outcomes. So let’s dive in, listen and learn more from Kyle!
Meet Our Guest
Kyle Zebley is Vice President of Public Policy at the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and Executive Director of ATA Action.
For those not familiar with the American Telemedicine Association…The ATA is the only organization completely focused on advancing telehealth, and is committed to ensuring that everyone has access to safe, affordable, and appropriate care when and where they need it, enabling a wider reach and more access to care for more people.
Kyle’s BioSketch
Previously, Kyle was the Chief of Staff in the Office of Global Affairs (OGA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). He collaborated with senior leadership from HHS, the White House and other cabinet departments to develop, advise, and promote U.S. global health policy, including in such policy areas as drug pricing, medical devices, global health security, and non-communicable diseases.
Prior to HHS, he worked in Congress as a Legislative Director, leading a legislative team in developing policy and drafting legislation, particularly on matters concerning the House Committee on Ways and Means, the House Committee on the Budget and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Kyle started his career in Washington, D.C.where he worked on campaign strategies for clients running for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, state governor and state legislatures.
Kyle is a sought-after policy expert and is frequently quoted in major media coverage on the topic of telehealth, including the Associated Press, Bloomberg, Kaiser Health News, Modern Healthcare, NPR, and Roll Call. In January 2022, Kyle was named by Politico as one of the “Four Washington players poised to shape digital health in 2022”.
Show Mentions and Resources:
American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
ATA Action Press Release
PHE Renewal Determination
APTA
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Know Stroke Podcast Ep 34 -Spotlight on Afib AwarenessSeptember is Afib Awareness Month. Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is the most common irregular heartbeat and is characterized by heart palpitations, dizziness, and shortness of breath. Afib is sometimes silent and may not exhibit symptoms at all yet it increases stroke risk and can lead to heart failure, kidney problems and dementia. It can also increase your risk of death so early detection and treatment is critical to reduce risk.About our Guest:On today’s show we were joined by James Amihood, CEO of CardiokolCardiokol is a privately-owned digital telehealth company that develops voice-based markers and methods for monitoring and screening heart rhythm disorders in large at-risk populations.James has 25 years of management experience including CEO of PRM Inc., GM of Syqe Medical and senior positions at multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare companies (Teva, Schering Plough, Perrigo), managing subsidiaries and heading BD and M&A. He holds BSc in Chemistry, BSc IE, MBALearn more here: https://www.cardiokol.com/Watch this Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B6ASanGFWz8Today’s Show Resources:Afib Awareness Resource https://www.stopafib.orgApple Watch Study https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/digital-health/nih-funded-study-test-if-apple-watch-can-prevent-strokes-limit-blood-thinnersShow Info:Music intro credit to Jake Dansereau, connect at JAKEEZo on Soundcloud @user-257386777. Our intro welcome is the voice of Caroline Goggin, a stroke survivor and our first podcast guest! Please listen to her inspiring story on Episode 2 of the podcast. Thank you Caroline!Until next time, be sure to give the show a like and share, +follow and connect with us on social or contact us to be a guest on the Know Stroke Podcasthttps://www.know-stroke.orgSupport the show
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In Episode 33 of the Know Stroke Podcast, we were joined by Orlena Shek.Orlena Shek is a former in-house software technology licensing attorney. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two young children. After experiencing major hemorrhagic stroke in late 2011 due to a rare congenital condition called Moyamoya Disease, she put her law career on hold to focus on her rehab and her family.The numbers that she shares speak for themselves to the long and turbulent journey she went on.14 ambulance rides within 5 months6 week hospitalization at Stanford. 3.5 weeks in a medically induced coma3 different acute rehab hospital stays ranging from Marin to Santa Clara County.Two 10 hour plus brain surgeries, a week apart.One thousand eight hundred paper origami cranes folded by countless co-workers, neighbors, and friends. Some of whom are on the call here tonight. More than a 100 nights spent hospitalized, away from home. 2 children:1st born pre-Stroke, 2nd born post-Stroke.1 trip to Las Vegas by myself for a Bachelorette party.Orlena shares with us today that journey and what led her to authoring a book titled "Emerging from the smoke, a collection of warrior voices"This book is a beautiful collection of short poems from 30+ stroke survivors.You can learn more about Orlena's story, and purchase here book here: https://www.storiesofstroke.com/orlena-shek/This episode can be streamed on our YouTube Channel here:https://youtu.be/4FdR39I9xLgShow Info:Music intro jingle credit to Jake Dansereau, connect at JAKEEZo on Soundcloud @user-257386777. Our intro welcome is the voice of Caroline Goggin, a stroke survivor and our first podcast guest! Please listen to her inspiring story on this episode Thank you Caroline!Until next time, be sure to give the show a like and share, +follow and connect with us on social or contact us to be a guest on the Know Stroke PodcastSupport Our Show!
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In episode 32 of the Know Stroke Podcast, we were joined by Professor Nick Ward.About our Guest:Professor Ward is a consultant neurologist at National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and a professor of clinical neurology and neurorehabilitaion at Queen Square UCL Institute of Neurology. His special clinical interest is in stroke and neurorehabilitation, focusing in particular on recovery of arm and hand function through the Queen Square upper limb neurorehabilitation programme. He is the founder of the Neurorehabilitation Online N-ROL project. He is co-founder of the UCLP Centre for Neurorehabilitation, co-editor Oxford Textbook of Neurorehabilitation and associate editor of the journals Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair and Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.Professor Ward leads a research program to help understand the mechanisms of upper limb impairment and treatment after stroke. In particular, he uses structural and functional brain imaging to study the relationship between brain network reorganisation and recovery of movement after stroke.This episode is also available to stream on our YouTube Channel.Special mentions:Emilia Clark's charity SameYou for Brain injury and stroke recoveryGripable training platform for upper arm rehabilitationCatherine Doogan, Post Doc and Clinical Psychologist who is working on developing Digital Interventions in Neuro-Rehabilitation (DINR)In the news:A call for architect students to help design the Next Generation of Stroke Rehabilitation Centers Show Info:Music intro jingle credit to Jake Dansereau, connect at JAKEEZo on Soundcloud @user-257386777. Once Jake gets settled in to college life at university we’ll be glad to have him back at the helm producing our podcast again! You’ll be missed here Jake on so many levels, thank you!Our intro welcome is the voice of Caroline Goggin, a stroke survivor and our first podcast guest! Please listen to her inspiring story on this episode Thank you Caroline!Until next time, be sure to give the show a like and share, +follow and connect with us on social or contact us to be a guest on the Know Stroke PodcastSupport Our Show!
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Know Stroke Podcast Episode 31Interview with Ralph Preston Founder of Stroke BuddiesAfter a stroke, Ralph Preston leveraged over 40 years of professional video experience to continue to do good with his camera. He “turned the lens on himself “ and is developing high-quality videos for stroke survivors and for local non-profits. About our Guest:Preston is the founder of Stroke Buddies: By and For Stroke Survivors, a Facebook group for stroke survivors that currently has 8,000 members and is growing every day. Ralph built this community from the ground up so survivors can seek answers, learn with educational resources, and receive support. Last year, he launched a weekly virtual stroke survivor support group meeting in association with MedRhythms and is assembling a team of medical professionals, PTs, OTs, physicians, neurologists, and neuroscientists who have suffered stroke themselves and are interested in sharing their stories and knowledge at these support group meetings. Ralph also started a discussion show that is shared with the Stroke Buddies community and is called Stroke Roadmap. The purpose is to help those who are transitioning their recovery from PT to home therapy. Additionally, Ralph develops and shares dozens of home therapy exercise videos from his YouTube channel to improve at-home recovery. This year Stroke Buddies was granted non-profit status, so now he is off to raise money and see if he can fundamentally change stroke recovery.Show Resources:Stroke Buddies Group on FacebookRalph Preston Videos on YouTubeShow Credits:Music Credit and Podcast Production by Jake Dansereau, connect at JAKEEZo on Soundcloud @user-257386777Be sure to give the show a like and share, +follow and connect with us on social or contact us to be a guest on the Know Stroke Podcasthttps://www.know-stroke.orgSupport Our Show!
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Know Stroke Podcast Episode 30Stroke commonly damages motor function in the upper extremity (UE), leading to long-term disability and loss of independence in a majority of individuals. Rehabilitation seeks to restore function by training daily activities, which deliver repeated UE functional motions. The optimal number of functional motions necessary to boost recovery is unknown. This gap stems from the lack of measurement tools to feasibly count functional motions. Today's guest is Dr. Heidi Schambra from NYU Langone. She and her team at the Mobilis Lab, out of NYU Langone developed the PrimSeq pipeline to enable the accurate and rapid counting of building-block functional motions, called primitives. PrimSeq uses wearable sensors to capture rich motion information from the upper body, and custom-built algorithms to detect and count functional primitives in this motion data. They showed that their deep learning algorithm precisely counts functional primitives performed by stroke patients and outperformed other benchmark algorithms. The study also showed patients tolerated the wearable sensors and that the approach is 366 times faster at counting primitives than humans. PrimSeq provides a precise and practical means of quantifying functional primitives, which promises to advance stroke research and clinical care and to improve the outcomes of individuals with stroke.In our discussion we covered how this tool can translate into rehab happening in the clinical setting, a patient's home, and how insurers think about reimbursing stroke rehab. About our guest:Dr. Heidi Schambra is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, Director of the Division of Neuro-Epidemiology, Director of Research Strategy in Neurology, and Director of the Mobilis Lab. Dr. Schambra received her BS in neuroscience from Brown University and MD from Emory University. She completed her training in neurology at Harvard-Partners and in neurorehabilitation at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in motor learning and noninvasive brain stimulation with Dr. Leonardo Cohen at NINDS/NIH. Dr. Schambra was on faculty at Columbia University until 2016, when she joined NYU Langone. When not in the lab, she can be found taxonomizing clouds, cute-aggressing her pets and husband, and menacing New York on a Citibike.Watch this Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PUGDDVrxjGgIn the news:Frequent napping may be a sign of higher risks of stroke, high blood pressureViz.ai, Hyperfine team up to add image-reading AI to bedside MRI scannersShow Credits:Music Show Intro Credit and Podcast Production by Jake Dansereau, connect at JAKEEZo on Soundcloud @user-257386777Connect with us on social or contact us to be a guest on the Know Stroke PodcastSupport Our Show!
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Know Stroke Podcast S4E4In the news: It’s Hot- Tips to Know Avoid Heat StrokeAnnouncements: Health Podcast Network move is completeWhat’s Next? In this brief episode the co-hosts connect on a podcast catch-up to explain more about their recent move to expand the reach of the podcast via the Health Podcast NetworkAbout the Health Podcast Network:Health Podcast Network features authoritative shows, hosts and guests who take on the tough topics in health and care with empathy, expertise and a commitment to excellence. We are one of the largest and fastest-growing collections of high-quality health podcasts.Health Podcast Network connects content creators, engaged listeners and organizations working to improve health and care for people around the world. From clinicians and executives, to investors and inventors, and everyone in between, we help people discover and tune into the podcasts that matter most to them.Health Podcast Network is the place to discover the shows, hosts and guests providing original programming that covers a range of topics facing the health sector in creative, engaging episodes.Tune in to our show here on the health Podcast Network:https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/show/the-know-stroke-podcast/Call to Action: Get involved in research for our partnership on stroke education with a new Health Unmuted short form podcast in development. Take our interest survey here:https://www.know-stroke.org/health-unmuted-strokeWatch this Episode: https://youtu.be/ExwAS1YknsgIn the NewsWe discuss heat stroke and knowing the warning signs:Throbbing headacheDizziness and light-headednessLack of sweating despite the heatRed, hot, and dry skinMuscle weakness or crampsNausea and vomitingRapid heartbeat, which may be either strong or weakRapid, shallow breathingBehavioral changes such as confusion, disorientation, or staggeringSeizuresUnconsciousnessHeat stroke is a medical emergency and you should call 911 immediately. Read more here:https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/heat-stroke-symptoms-and-treatmentWhere we’ll be next:Podcast Events Coming Up:David will be a guest on Stroke Buddies Live Event with Ralph Preston on July 26th at 11am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izfb7EY6zIU and later that week on Brains with Brian a MedRhythms live event with Brian Harris on July 29th https://medrhythms.com/brains-with-brian/Credits:Music Show Intro Credit and Podcast Production by Jake Dansereau, connect at JAKEEZo on Soundcloud @user-257386777Connect with us on social or contact us to be a guest on the Know Stroke PodcastSupport the show
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Know Stroke Podcast S4E2 Dan KendallIn today's episode we are joined by Dan Kendall. Dan is the founder and Managing Director at Mission Based Media. Dan has 20+ years experience in growing profitable and sustainable businesses in health technology, mobile and cloud computing, and telecommunications in domestic and international markets. In a change of pace, this discussion does not focus solely on stroke. Instead we talk about the impact that podcasts can make in the transition of care for patients and caregivers of not just stroke, but all conditions. Highlights from the episode:In the News:Otago Daily Times : Stroke Victims Asked About Care ExperiencesBrain & Life: Lindsey Vonn Describes Her Mother’s Inspiring Strength After StrokeIntroduction to the OG of Healthcare Podcasting - Dan KendallWhat led Dan to take a mission driven pathway to healthcare podcastingA lived experience of a caregiver to his daughter being diagnosed with Type1 Diabetes Why podcasts should be incorporated into a discharge Health Unmuted: A mini-series of short episodes focused on the specific conditionsWhat would a post stroke mini series look like?Announcement of a partnership between Health Unmuted and Know Stroke to develop a mini-seriesWhat does the evolution of podcasting look like over the next 5 years?Dan is open to anyone who would like to connect and learn more about his mission. You can reach out to him using the links below.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dankendall/Twitter: http://twitter.com/healthtechdanShow Credits:Music Credit and Podcast Production by Jake Dansereau, connect at JAKEEZo on Soundcloud @user-257386777Be sure to give the show a like and share, +follow and connect with us on social or contact us to be a guest on the Know Stroke PodcastFor more information about joining our show or advertising with us visit: https://enable4us.comSupport the showSupport Our Show!
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Welcome to the Know Stroke Podcast with your co-hosts Mike Garrow (stroke caregiver) & David Dansereau (stroke survivor). Listen back to Episode 1 of the podcast to hear our personal…
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