Full Name
Bonnie Britton
Job Title
Executive Director
Company
Reconect4Health
Speaker Bio
Bonnie is recognized as a Telehealth pioneer and expert. She has dedicated the past 21 years of her career as a nurse, advancing the adoption and implementation of Telehealth both nationally and internationally. Bonnie was the 13th inductee into the American Telemedicine Association’s (ATA) College of Fellows in 2010. Bonnie is a previous ATA Board Member, chaired the ATA Home Telehealth SIG and the ATA Home Telehealth Clinical Guideline Development Committee, co-chaired the ATA Home Telehealth Satisfaction Item Bank, and participated as a member of the ATA Policy Committee, Awards Committee and Nominating Committee. She currently serves as a Board Advisor and Consultant for the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center (MATRC). Bonnie has also successfully implemented CMS’s Chronic Care Management programs.
Bonnie has provided expertise to the United Nations Human Settlement Programme, the Ontario Telehomecare Project, Continua Health Alliance: Blueprint for ACA Pilots in Washington, DC, and the Senate Sub-committee for Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in Washington, DC. She has presented at numerous industry conferences, roundtables, and summits. Bonnie has published a variety of articles and written over 20 successful grant applications.
Under Bonnie’s leadership, Vidant Health implemented a post discharge remote patient monitoring program at 7 hospitals. In 2 years, the health system experienced a 67% reduction in hospitalizations and a 68% reduction in bed days. Prior to this Bonnie implemented the first Remote Patient Monitoring program at a Federally Qualified Health Center which in 5 years demonstrated statistically significant reductions in hospitalizations and bed days. Bonnie has extensive experience consulting with various organizations. Through her work with MATRAC, she has provided successful consultation services to University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Sentara Health System, Broadaxe, DaVita Dialysis, Leigh Valley Health System, BasisHealth, The Center for Telemedicine Law, Alliance Coal Health Plan, and Appalachian Regional Health.
Bonnie Britton