The American Board of Telehealth (ABT), has been created to improve and ensure the quality of telehealth by developing high quality evidence-based education in the practice of telemedicine. ABT is developing a new national certificate program and future CME-accredited educational tracks for virtual care delivery and telehealth integration.
Initiatives for ABT are not only for education and training as also to advocate for the highest standards of virtual care delivery and telehealth integration. The ABT Board of Advisors includes telehealth experts with a broad range of experience in patient care, healthcare policy, business, technology, and community service.
The Board of Advisors includes:
- Judd Hollander, MD, Senior VP, Healthcare Delivery and Innovation, Thomas Jefferson University
- Nathaniel Lacktman, Esq., Chair, Telemedicine & Digital Health Industry Team, Foley & Lardner, LLP
- Ann Mond Johnson, CEO, American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
- Karen Rheuban, MD, Director, Center for Telehealth, University of Virginia, Past President, ATA
- Sy Saeed, MD, Director, Center for Telepsychiatry & e-Behavioral Health, Director, North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program, and East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
- Roy Schoenberg, MD, President and CEO, Amwell
- Brian S. Skow MD, CMO, Avera eCARE
- Andrew R. Watson, MD, VP, Clinical Information Technology Transformation and Medical Director, Telemedicine, UPMC, Past President ATA
The Board and Certificate Program are supported by grant funding from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust https://helmsleytrust.org.