Christine Martin is one of the countries leading authorities on
telehealth program development and operation. Her book,
Successful Telehealth Program Development, and the corresponding
Program Developer Kit, is being used around the country as a
go-to resource for developing and expanding telehealth programs,
and is being used as part of a certification program for
Telehealth Coordinators. Her leadership has helped organizations
develop highly effective, sustainable business models for serving
patient populations with telehealth services. Her 15 years
experience developing telehealth programs includes directly
managing the provision of over 75,000 telehealth visits;
developing, implementing, and managing the California State
prison system’s telehealth program including the 33 State prisons
and a provider center operated by the Department of Corrections;
and directing the California Telemedicine and eHealth Center, the
Western Regional Telehealth Resource Center. She is one of
the nation’s leaders in developing high volume multi-site
telemedicine programs, and has significant experience in all
aspects of planning, developing, operating, and evaluating
telemedicine programs.
Christine has developed many a number of telehealth program
guides including a Best Practices Compendium, a Performance
Measurement Tool for telehealth programs and CTEC’s Policy Brief
on Optimizing Telehealth that is widely used as a resource for
policy developers. She developed the CTEC Center for Applied
Telehealth to provide a readily available source of information
on the practical application of telehealth and the distribution
of best practices and lessons learned. She is a sought after
speaker, providing highly motivational and information rich
presentations on all aspects of telehealth policy, program
development, operations and performance management. Ms Martin
serves on many Boards and Expert Panels including the Board of
Experts for the California Emerging Technology Fund, the Board of
Directors of the California Telehealth Network, and member of the
National Rural Health Association Rural HIT Coalition.
Christine holds a Masters of Business in Health Services
Management, is certified as a Project Management Professional,
and is a Clinical Laboratory Scientist. Ms. Martin is also a yoga
instructor, and applies the principles of balance, ease and
strength to the creation of new telehealth programs.
As Program Coordinator, Megan works primarily with the CTEC
Executive Director in the development of CTEC program
initiatives. Some of her duties include updating and maintaining
CTEC’s Telehealth Inventory, managing CTEC’s website and
developing content, and assisting with research and
reporting. Megan is also responsible for providing
programmatic and operational support to new telemedicine
programs.
Prior to joining CTEC, Megan worked as the program manager for
the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys. She was
responsible for managing an attorney member group with over 450
members. Prior to that she worked for CPS Human Resource Services
where she helped administered a start-up reimbursement grant
program for small water districts throughout the state. Megan
received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from
Whitworth University in Spokane, WA.
March 11, 2011“Care Coordination/Home Telehealth: The Systematic Implementation of Health Informatics, Home Telehealth, and Disease Management to Support the Care of Veteran Patients with Chronic Conditions.” Telemedicine and e-Health, Dec. 2008.
