LTOTNet.org Review Board is designed to make sure our content is factual and informative.  Find out more about the people who help make this site current and helpful to many people using LTOT.

Lee Olson is looking for educational information on LTOT to add to our website.  If you have something interesting that you think would be of value to the LTOT community please send it to him.  It will be reviewed by a group for pertinence and objectivity and then placed on the site.

Purpose

The format and function of the LTOTNet site is ideal for the communication of issues related to LTOT and the approach is similar to all the LTOT consensus conferences. 

The site is intended to link all interested parties in LTOT to the resources available for the specific topic.  There are numerous sites that can be found with search engines, yet we hope to boil down the information into a useful format that can be applied practically.  We will not try to replace any website or source of information, we will attempt to link that information for easy retrieval and provide some insight to the specific issue.

Who We Are & Why We Exist

The LTOTNetwork is not an Association or Society. It is merely a catalyst to help communicate and facilitate improvements in LTOT. Volunteers are the key to the LTOTNetwork. Once a process has begun, it can be transferred to an interested group to educate, communicate and hopefully make a positive change in the quality and availability of appropriate long term oxygen therapy.

For over 20 years, challenges associated with LTOT have increased.  Individual groups have tried to address these challenges with limited success. We feel networking all interested parties is an important key to the solution.

How we got started

The 5th Oxygen Consensus Conference, held in Washington, DC in 1999 was the launching pad for the LTOTNetwork. The 5th Consensus Conference was the last in a series of conferences targeted at addressing the practical and political issues in LTOT. The triggers for the organization of these conferences were changes in Medicare policies that would have an impact on the access and quality of care provided to LTOT patients.

At the 5th Oxygen Consensus Conference, the attendees felt that it would be appropriate to stay on top of issues related to  
LTOT and to create a forum where interested parties could find information and communicate specifically on this topic. It was felt that rather than waiting for the need to call a 6th Oxygen Consensus Conference, the group would be proactive to collect data and communicate the needs and benefits of LTOT.  

A web site was developed to act as a central location for information specifically related to LTOT.  The site is now a communication tool for the LTOT community.

Lee Olson has joined LTOT Network and will stay on top of the web site to keep it current, useful and informative.  Lee will be the point person for the web site and will be receiving new information and updating on a weekly basis. Lee was in the industrial chemical industry for 17 years. He has over 18 years in the healthcare industry. Specifically, 9 years providing computer hardware and software to clinics and physicians for their practice management needs, plus 9 years to Surgery Centers, both Same Day and Main OR environments for departmental management. 

More recently, Lee founded a web site development business based in Minnesota with over 10 years experience as a webmaster.  Point of interest; Julie Varnam, Lee's daughter, was our point person prior to Lee.  Julie has a full plate with work, home-schooling two teens plus a two-year old rug-runner. That would put anyone in overload! Good Luck Julie and thank you for your service to LTOT Network!