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  • 1.  VA appointments

    Posted 5 days ago
    Dear U.S. NANOS members, 
    I am working on building a national Telehealth program for neuro-ophthalmology at the VA, and the national program directors are demanding a count of who is already working at VA's and where and how much FTE or contract time is being spent on it. I don't have time or board approval to do a formal survey yet, but for now, I would greatly appreciate your contacting me privately at Kim.winges@gmail.com with the following: 
    1. Your name
    2. Your VA email address if used, or preferred email 
    3. VA location(s) and VISN 
    4. Amount of FTE, time, or 8ths spent seeing neuro-ophthalmology patients. 
    5. This does NOT Apply to time spent seeing patients in their practices through Community Care referrals outside VA. 

    Thank you VERY MUCH!
    Kim


    Kimberly M. Winges, MD
    ASSISTANT CHIEF OF SURGERY, OPERATIVE CARE DIVISION
    COMPREHENSIVE AND NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY
    VA PORTLAND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

    DIRECTOR OF NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY, NATIONAL SUBSPECIALTY OPHTHALMOLOGY NETWORK (NSON)
    V23 VIRTUAL EYE CARE SERVICES 
    VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
    DEPARTMENTS OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND NEUROLOGY
    CASEY EYE INSTITUTE / OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY



  • 2.  RE: VA appointments

    Posted 4 days ago
    Hi Kim,

    That's great that you are leading this. 
    What would it mean for us providers? Is it going to be optional to participate in this -since with the current 1/8th effort- I don't have room to see more patients referred through telehealth. I would be open to an increase in FTE at VA but that would be a local chief decision, I presume.

    1. Your name: Sangeeta Khanna
    2. Your VA email address if used, or preferred email -khannasa@med.umich.edu
    3. VA location(s) :Ann Arbor 
    4. Amount of FTE, time, or 8ths spent seeing neuro-ophthalmology patients:1/8 th


    Sangeeta





  • 3.  RE: VA appointments

    Posted 4 days ago
    Oops .. did not mean to send to all. Sorry folks!