Telehealth: Strategy, Implementation, and Optimization

Monday, September 22, 2025, 12:00 AM - Thursday, September 21, 2028, 11:59 PM, On Demand

This online short course offers insights into the strategic considerations and best practices for driving healthcare in a shifting technological landscape. This course provides tangible outcomes at an executive and professional level; over six weeks, you’ll gain strategic awareness around the integration and optimization of telehealth as a mainstream healthcare practice. You’ll explore the clinical, operational, financial, and legal requirements of telehealth implementation, with guidance from Stanford (SCHE) experts Natalie M. Pageler and Christopher Sharp. Examine the theoretical foundations as well as the practical, technical, and business aspects of telemedicine and how to best utilize technology to enhance equitable access to healthcare.

     Original Release Date: September 21, 2022

     Review Date: July 22, 2025

     Expiration Date: September 21, 2028

     Estimated Time to Complete: 3 courses in 3 months, 2-4 hours of self-paced learning per week, entirely online. 

     Registration Fee: View fee schedule.

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AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (48.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (48.00 hours)

1. List the strategic considerations and best-practice approaches for driving telehealth in an evolving technological landscape.
2. Describe the clinical, operational, financial, and legal needs of telehealth solutions, and how to use technology for improved healthcare access.
3. Identify the risks and barriers to telehealth delivery, while embracing its opportunities.
4. Successfully implement and optimize telehealth solutions.

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.  

Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 48.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 
 

Accessibility Statement
 Stanford University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.   If you have needs that require special accommodations, please contact [email protected]

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health

Reference List

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Zuelsdorff, M, Abner, EL, Balls-Berry, JE, et al. (n.d.). Introducing social determinants of health to the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center network: Development and implementation in the Uniform Data Set.. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40407095

Fenton, A., Faruque, F., & Mollenkopf, N. (2025). Nurse Practitioner–Pharmacist collaboration in telehealth: Review of the literature. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 21(1), 105250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2024.105250

Maheu, M. M., Drude, K. P., Hertlein, K. M., & Hilty, D. M. (2021). A framework of interprofessional telebehavioral health competencies: Implementation and challenges moving forward. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, 6(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-020-00092-5
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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Medicine adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.  The content of this activity is not related to products or the business lines of an ACCME-defined ineligible company. Hence, there are no relevant financial relationships with an ACCME-defined ineligible company for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity.