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Samuel Collins

Samuel Collins, DrPH, MSc is a research director within the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences. He leads the Project ECHO initiative at UVA, with a focus on provider and community education related to substance abuse, mental health, and other clinical topics. His work involves intervention and education design based on public health trends and […]

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Rob Sprang

Rob Sprang, MBA has led the UK Telehealth initiative at the University of Kentucky since 1996 and has been involved with improving the legal and regulatory environment at both the state and federal level. It has been encouraging to see the broad adoption of telehealth. Unfortunately, it took a public health crisis to help the […]

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Joe Tracy

Mr. Tracy has been working in connected care and innovation since 1993 and is currently consulting with select organizations. In previous roles with the University of Missouri and the Lehigh Valley Health Network he built a portfolio of telehealth programs providing services to patients of all ages, in settings ranging from emergency/critical care to primary […]

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Mara Servaites

Mara Servaites, MSW, PCMH, CCE, serves as the contract Executive Director for Virginia Telehealth Network (VTN). She is an independent consultant for health and human resource organizations across the country, specifically focusing on safety net providers and rural health organizations. Before entering the consulting field, Mara served in senior positions with national organizations serving the […]

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Amanda Martin North

Amanda Martin North is the Executive Director of the Center for Rural Health Innovation (CRHI) located in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. As  Executive Director, she covers a wide range of duties: from day to day operations to program design and implementation, but she is happiest when she can make spreadsheets and budgets work to improve […]

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Steve North

Dr. Steve North, MD, MPH, is a practicing Family Physician and Adolescent Medicine specialist at a rural health center in Mitchell County, NC. In 2011, he founded the Health-e-Schools school-based telemedicine program that currently provides access to acute care, primary care, adolescent medicine, and comprehensive asthma services to over 35,000 students at 80 schools in […]

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Bonnie Britton

Bonnie Britton, MSN, RN, ATAF, is recognized as a Telehealth pioneer and expert. She has dedicated the past 21 1/2 years of her career as a nurse, advancing the adoption and implementation of Remote Patient Monitoring both nationally and internationally. Bonnie was the 13th inductee into the American Telemedicine Association’s (ATA) College of Fellows in […]

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