Technology and Transmission
| State | Organization | Program | Store and Forward | Internet Protocol | Internet/World Wide Web | Wireless Technology | Broadband Transmission | Other Transmission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium | Continued Advancement of Telehealth Capacity in Alaska | All services except mental health | All network communication relies on IP. No ISDN | Internet used for Store & Forward (S&F) with encryption | All S&F systems use encrypted wireless within clinics | Most clinics have broadband for S&F, video | |
| Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium | The Summative Telemedicine Evaluation Project | Electronic mail and solicitation of survey responses for Evaluation project | ||||||
| Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API) | API TeleBehavioral Health Project | TCP/IP, to deliver behavioral health services to remote villages in Alaska | Fiber Optic Terrestrial Links T-1 & Satellite to deliver behavioral health services to remote villages in Alaska | |||||
| AL | University of South Alabama | Center for Strategic Health Innovation (CSHI) RMEDE/BioTrac Project |
Claims Management Physician information portal Training/demos |
Required for most applications via web | Biomonitoring via Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) | |||
| University of South Alabama | Center for Strategic Health Innovation (CSHI) Traditional Telemedicine | Education Programs/Consults | Medical Consults/Education Programs | |||||
| AR | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | South Arkansas Integrated Telehealth Oncology Program | Radiology | T1 lines for compressed video transmission | Continuing education for health care professionals | Angel Eye to view neonates at UAMS from parents' home/work/community | Transmit real-time voice/video to all sites | |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Telehealth for KIDS (Kids in Delta Schools) | Home Telemonitoring | T1 Lines for compressed video transmission | Continuing education for health care professionals | Transmit real-time voice/video to all sites | |||
| AZ | Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona | Arizona Diabetes Virtual Center for Excellence (ADVICE) | Opthalmology | H.323 Video for Telenutrition, Telepodiatry & Interactive Telehealth |
Web Site & Streaming Video archives of diabetes education sessions |
Used in Amado, AZ for Telenutrition, Telepodiatry to connect mobile clinic and for Diabetes Education to Sapori School | All connections are broadband at T1 rates | |
| Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona | Institute for Advanced Telemedicine and Telehealth (THealth) | H.323-education | Web Site & Video Streaming of educational sessions | All connections are broadband at T1 rates for education and training | ||||
| Maricopa County, Arizona | Correctional Health Services Telemedicine Initiative | IP for clinical services and for education over T1 terrestrial lines | Videoconference transmissions for inter-clinic meetings and for education. Additionally, there are plans to implement Pharmacy connection | |||||
| CA | California Telemedicine and eHealth Center | Western Regional Telehealth Resource Center | N/A | |||||
| Familia Unida Living with Multiple Sclerosis | Telehealth Grant | Client counseling using Web | Laptops for better dissemination of clients served | |||||
| Multi-Dimensional Imaging, Inc. | Telemedicine for Improved Health Care and Education | Radiology | IP for clinical services and patient education | To be used for Patient Health Education and Behavioral Medicine and administrative services | Satellite to connect Hub to Spoke and vice versa for tele-health consultations with graphic patient image transfer and health education | T1 based land-link to complete connection between satellite, spoke and hub for tele-health consultations and graphic patient education | ||
| Northern Sierra Rural Health Network | Telehealth Network Grant Program | Planned Dermatology | IP for clinical services and for education over T1 lines to rural sites | ISDN for video consults and education. T1 for IP video for consults and education | ||||
| San Joaquin County Health Care Services | Automated Drug Dispensing Medication Administration System | IP for CPOE, Nursing and Pharmacy services over hospital backbone | Pharmacy formulary and drug information look-up | Siemens WAPs with handheld devices in reading patient wristbands and medication labels | ||||
| CO | Avista Adventist Hospital | Clinical Integration Through Health Informatics | Remote Desktop Protocol and Virtual Private Network | e-faxing prescriptions to pharmacies | Laptops in clinics | |||
| University of Colorado Health Sciences Center | Native Telehealth Outreach & Technical Assistance Program | Distance Education for CME | CHA (Community Health Advocate) Communications, Project Dissemination | |||||
| DC | American National Red Cross | Congressionally Mandated Telehealth Grants | N/A | |||||
| Center for Telehealth and E-Health Law | National Telehealth Resource center | N/A | ||||||
| Foundation For eHealth Initiative | Connecting Communities for Better Health Program | N/A | ||||||
| Foundation For eHealth Initiative | CareSpark, TN | Claims data (planned Q1-2007)); decision support tools (planned Q1-2007). De-identified data for population health studies (planned Q4-2007) | Clinical records, patient demographics, (planned Q1-2007) | User access (provider, planned Q3-2007, patient planned Q1 2008 | Home health monitoring (planned Q3 2008) | |||
| Foundation For eHealth Initiative | Colorado Health Information Exchange, CO (CORHIO) | Record Locator Service with Laboratory data over VPN (Oct. 2007) | ||||||
| Foundation For eHealth Initiative | HealthBridge, OH | PACS, teleradiology, HISs, LIS, Fetal heart monitoring lab orders | IP Connections for hospitals, labs, radiology centers and users | All access web based | 10mb connections to 20 hospitals and 5 physician groups. 130 physician office groups connected by cable modem and DSL | |||
| Foundation For eHealth Initiative | Indiana Health Information Exchange, IN | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Foundation For eHealth Initiative | Maryland/DC Collaborative for Healthcare Information Technology, MD | N/A | ||||||
| Foundation For eHealth Initiative | Massachusetts Health Data Consortium (MA-SHARE), MA | Server-to-server communication and data net exchange | Secure web-based access | Server-to-server communication and data net exchange | N/A | |||
| Foundation For eHealth Initiative | National Institute for Medical Informatics, WI | Repository for providers not able to offer real-time retrieval for requests | Secure portal for results, diagnoses, med records planned | Secure portal for results, diagnoses, med records planned | ||||
| Foundation For eHealth Initiative | Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange, CA | Planned | Support HL7 transactions & peer-to-peer connections | Method of access by users | Some users may use to access world wide web | Some users may use to access world wide web | ||
| Foundation For eHealth Initiative | St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation (Whatcom HIE), WA | PACS, video for teleradiology and cardiology | Network intranet infrastructure, user and device administration, Hospital network to Community HIE | Health info resources, VPN, PHR, eRx | Between sites and within individual practice locations | Between sites, client, and LAN to LAN VPN | All modes support access to hospital EMR, PACs, RIS, health info resources, e-mail, lab results | |
| Foundation For eHealth Initiative | Taconic Educational Research Fund, NY | Radiology, laboratory, and transcription | IP is used to facilitate secure "server-to-server" communication and data interchange/exchange between participation solution providers | The solution is delivered through a secure web-based application architecture providing access to clinical information through a web browser | Transmission rates vary by facility using the application, i.e., DSL to T3 capacity | |||
| FL | BayCare Health System | Electronic Medication and Clinical Services Ordering Subsystem | Radiology | Physicians have access to patients' results, dictated reports, and financial information on the web through BayCare MD | Within each hospital site. Wireless laptops for ER registration; physicians use handheld devices for patient lists and lab/radiology results | |||
| Florida Cancer Research Cooperative, University of South Florida | Clinical Trial Patient/Physician Information and Education Program | Store of patient profiles for later review and consultation | Extranet call center connectivity | Distribution of clinical trial information | ||||
| University of Florida College of Dentistry (UFCD) | University of Florida College of Dentistry (UFCD) | Distance Learning: Video conferencing & presentation with satellite offices/clinics-Teledentistry Consultation: For capturing, reviewing, manipulation and storing of biopsies. Digital Radiography: For capturing, reviewing, manipulation and storing digital X-ray images. | Distance Learning: Used for eLearning, eTransaction & Video conferencing for consultation. Digital Radiography: For transmitting, retrieving, and storing digital x-ray images. | Distance Learning: eLearning & eTransaction presentation. Teledentistry Consultation: Interactive consultation via Web. Real-time streaming of consultation practices. Digital Radiography: For retrieving & reviewing digital x-ray via QR Web front end system. | Distance Learning: For accessing eLearning & eTransaction modules within dental science building. Can be used for teledentistry consultation from within dental science building. Digital Radiography: Can be used to access digital radiographs stored via QR system. | Distance Learning: T1 (1.5mps) access to some clinics (St. Petersburg and Hialeah) and Ds3/T3 to Jax from Gainesville. Teledentistry Consultation: T1 (1.5mps) access to some clinics (St. Petersburg and Hialeah) and DS3/T3 to Jax from Gainesville. Digital Radiography: Broadband access speed within dental science building is 10/100/1000 mps. | ||
| GA | Ware County Health Department | Rural Health Telemedicine Grant Program | Broadband LAN to connect telemedicine and telehealth sites for clinical consultations and distance learning | |||||
| Ware County Health Department | Southeast Telehealth Network Project | All Technology used set to recognize IP-Network made up of direct point to point T1 lines to link sites | ||||||
| HI | Hawai'i Primary Care Association | The Hawai'i CHC Telehealth Network Project | Telederm | ISDN/T1 Video Conferencing | Telderm | ISDN/T1 Video Conferencing | ||
| The Queen's Medical Center | Hawaii Neuroscience Telehealth Network | IP real-time video for neurologic examination and review of head CT scans | ASP web server for managing video connectivity | Wireless video camera and wireless MESH LAN within rural emergency departments | Broadband terrestrial lines for IP video | |||
| IA | Iowa Chronic Care Consortium | Iowa Medicaid Population Disease Management Demonstration | Patient data reports for care management | POTS for AVR system and care management | ||||
| Mercy Foundation | Midwest Rural Telemedicine Consortium | ISDN-PRI Interactive telemedicine sessions, education and administrative services | ||||||
| ID | Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics, Inc. | Clearwater Valley Hospital: Electronic Medical Records | WAN to share software | VPN to share EMR, radiology, digital library | Connect clinics to share EMR | Connect hospitals to share EMR | ||
| Idaho State University, Institute of Rural Health | Telehealth Idaho | Planned wound care, dermatology | The majority of IP applications with partner sites are educational due to limits on bandwidth | Telehealth Idaho Toolbox | We are examining wireless LANs for use within facilities | Educational telecommunications mental health, EHR | ||
| North Idaho Rural Health Consortium (NIRHC) | Expanding Telehealth to North Idaho Districts (EXTEND) | Radiology |
Pharmacy Education Mental health |
Pathology | Electronic Medical Record | Rehab (OT/PT) | ||
| Public Hospital Cooperative, Inc. | Cooperative Telehealth Network (CTN) | IP for clinical services and for education over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | ||||||
| IL | Illinois Department of Human Services |
Illinois Developmental Disabilities Telehealth Network and Services A Program Dedicated to Optimizing Health and Support of Community Living |
IP for clinical services and for education over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | |||||
| The National Council of State Boards of Nursing | Moving Toward Portability: Uniform Core Licensure Standards for Nursing | N/A | ||||||
| Saint John's Hospital | Neonatal Telehealth Project in Rural Illinois Located at the Perinatal Center | The transmission will occur over ISP and T1 connections using IP addresses | ||||||
| Southern Illinois University School of Medicine | Downstate Regional Telehealth Project | Videoconferencing, Instant Messaging, Educational, Clinical & Administrative services over T1 terrestrial lines connected to state backbone | Departmental web page, scheduling, e-mailing, document delivery | Internal computer access only | T1 lines, 512 DSL, 512 cable modem for clinical, educational, and administrative | CD-ROM; videotapes bioterrorism preparedness | ||
| IN | James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children | Riley Connections | FTP Server used to transfer echoes, sleep studies, and eegs | Internet used to connect to one spoke hospital for continuing medical education | T-1 connections between Riley and 3 spoke hospitals for live specialty consultations | |||
| Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County | Congressionally-Mandated Telehealth Grants | Picture Archive Communication System (PACS) | IP throughout hospital and clinics | Clinics use Web access to PACS | Broadband throughout hospital and clinics | |||
| KS | University of Kansas Medical Center | Sustainability and Cost Benefit Evaluation of the Kansas Telehealth Network | Pediatric Echo | IP for clinical services and for education over Kan-ED | Community and patient educational programs | ISDN | ||
| University of Kansas Medical Center | Telehealth Access and Cost Benefit in Kansas | Pediatric Echo | IP for clinical services and for education over Kan-ED | Community and patient educational programs | ISDN | |||
| KY | The James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital | PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) | Imaging | PACS transmission via TCP/IP | Proprietary Web Application | DSL, Fractional T-1 for data transmission | ||
| Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital | Teleradiology Enhancement Project | Radiology | T1 Line between Lourdes, Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital and Radiologist sites for transmission/archival of radiology procedures | Internet/Web access for physician to review procedures/reports | ||||
| New Horizons Health Systems, Inc. | Information Technology Development and Improvement | N/A | ||||||
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation-Kentucky TeleCare | Improving Health Outcomes for Children in Rural Kentucky Schools | Radiology/Echo transfer | IP for clinical services, and for education over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | ISDN and POTS for some correctional facilities | ||||
| MA | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | Worcester Campus Distance Learning Initiative | For distance education between campuses | For distance education between campuses | For connection to campus networks | For distance education between campuses | ||
| UMass Memorial Medical Center | PACS Teleradiology Project | Radiology | Radiology | Radiology | Radiology | |||
| ME | Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems | Improving Rural Maine's Critical Access to Emergency & Chronic Disease Care Through Telehealth/Monitoring | POTS to homes | IP connection for clinical services and for education over T1 terrestrial lines to rural areas | ISDN Connection to rural areas with little or no bandwidth | |||
| Regional Medical Center at Lubec | Maine Nursing Home Telehealth Network | ISDN for video - conferencing for clinical, educational, and administrative services | ||||||
| Regional Medical Center at Lubec | Northeast Telehealth Resource Center | For client agency access to information on project services and to telehealth educational resources and protocols | C-band satellite downlink for educational program access | ISDN for project management and for service conferences and trainings with TRC client organizations | ||||
| MI | Altarum Institute | Concepts for a Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN) | N/A | |||||
| Hurley Medical Center | Clinical Information System Replacement Project | IP for clinical services | Web browser access for remote users of the clinical system; remote users connect using secure VPN access | WAN-remote facilities connected by T1s on a SONET | ||||
| Marquette General Hospital | Midwest Alliance for Telehealth and Technologies Resources | IP for educational programs and administrative meetings | ||||||
| Michigan State University | Telehospice in Mid-Michigan | POTS-based video phones for hospice patient and nurse communication | ||||||
| Western Michigan University | The Application of Tele-Allied Health in Rural Counties in Southwest Lower Michigan | Allied Health Consults | ||||||
| MN | Fairview Health Services | Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record System - Twin Cities Metropolitan Care Systems | Epic System on PCs with W2003 Citrix Servers, IBM AIX Servers, CACHE DBMS, Hitachi SAN | Physician Internet Portal used to access Epic Electronic Medical Record System | WAN with T1 and OS3 transmission systems | |||
| Tri-County Hospital | Telehealth Network Grant Program | Secure IP protocol with quality of service for clinical consults | T1, DSL, and DS3 | |||||
| University of Minnesota | Fairview - University of Minnesota Telemedicine Network | Dermatology | Secure IP protocol with quality of service for clinical consults | Secure web site for dermatology and orthopedics | ISDN/2 sites for conducting consults | |||
| MO | Citizen's Memorial Hospital District | Project Infocare: In-Home Telemanagement | PACS-Digital Radiology | IP Protocols used for transmission of info from public telephone to EMR | Citrix Secure Gateway over public internet for providing viewing of info in EMR | Employed to facilitate access to info within WAN | WAN wide-area network connecting provider and facilities | Public telephone used to transmit data from patient's home to EMR |
| MT | Benefis Healthcare Foundation | NMHA/REACH Telehealth Network Development Project | IP for clinical services and for education over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | |||||
| Billings Clinic Foundation | Effect of an Integrated CIS on Inpatient and Post-Discharge Medication Administration Errors and Chronic Disease Management | Physicians use laptops to manage patients | ||||||
| Deaconess Billings Clinic Foundation | Revolutionizing Diabetes Care at Billings Clinic: A Model for Chronic Disease Care | N/A | ||||||
| Saint Patrick Hospital & Health Foundation | Montana Cardiology Telemedicine Network | Storing of ECG & Echo images | IP for clinical services over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | Cardiology consults | ||||
| Saint Patrick Hospital & Health Foundation | Bringing Healthcare Home | Storing of vital signs in EMR | IP for clinical services over POTS to rural towns | |||||
| Saint Vincent Healthcare Foundation | Mansfield Health Education Center (MHEC) | Connection for Marketing and Educational Services and Telemedicine | ||||||
| Saint Vincent Healthcare Foundation | Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center | Various members of the NRTRC use these transmission protocols for network service | Various members of the NRTRC use these transmission protocols for network service | Various members of the NRTRC use these transmission protocols for network service | Various members of the NRTRC use these transmission protocols for network service | Various members of the NRTRC use these transmission protocols for network service | Various members of the NRTRC use these transmission protocols for network service | |
| NC | Duke University Medical Center | Patient Inclusion in a Community Based Telehealth Network | Health information and notification; system synchronization | Health information and notification | Health information and system synchronization | Health information and system synchronization | ||
| Duke University Medical Center | Patient Participation in a Rural Community-Based Telehealth Network | Health information and notification; system synchronization | Health information and notification | Health information and system synchronization | Health information and system synchronization | |||
| Educational and Research Consortium of Western Carolinas | Western North Carolina Data Link Project | IP for accessing patient electronic records across regions | Data users access patient electronic records via web | Hospitals are connected to hosting center through VPN lines | ||||
| ND | North Dakota State University College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences | North Dakota Telepharmacy Project | Prescription Services to patients in rural areas | |||||
| NE | Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation | Mid-Nebraska Telemedicine Network (MNTN) | Radiology | IP for clinical services and education over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | Within the hospital for the mobile telemedicine cart for Spanish interpretive services | ISDN for Education and some clinical services | ||
| NJ | Hackensack University Medical Center | Implementation of Oncology Patient Management System | Radiology imaging, i.e., PACS connectivity | IP for CIS connectivity to network | Intranet and Internet approved web sites for medical information, guidelines, etc. | Computing devices for view and data entry (i.e., PC on wheels) | Used for remote access by MD offices to CIS | |
| Saint Peter's University Hospital | Medical Technology Center for Infants and Children | N/A | ||||||
| NM | New Mexico Human Services Department | New Mexico Tele-Behavioral Health Improvement Project | For 3 sites: T1 DS1 lines; for 2 sites Checs Backbone 1 MB for psychiatric services | |||||
| Universities of New Mexico Health Science Center | Rural Health Telemedicine Program | IP for distance education to rural branch universities and colleges |
Teleconferencing Distance Education CME training modules converted to CME Trainings over the internet |
ISDN for HIPAA compliant clinical encounters from each clinic | POTS for videophone transmission to rural sites and patient homes | |||
| NV | Nevada Rural Hospital Partners Foundation | Digital Imaging System for Rural Nevada (DISRN) | Radiology | IP and DICOM for transmission and storage of radiology images | Web access to images | T1 for transmission of images | ||
| University of Nevada, Reno | Biomedical Imaging Laboratory | N/A | ||||||
| NY | Community Health Care Services Foundation, Inc. | Introducing Home Telehealth in New York's 20th Congressional District | Patient data retrieved via the Internet | POTS lines in homes | ||||
| Genesee Gateway Local Development Corporation, Inc. | Upstate New York Telemedicine Study | Secure IP for clinical services | 802.11 a/b/g for mobility within the ED to treat stroke victims | T-1 connection for videoconferencing and transmittal of radiological data | ||||
| Integrated Community Alternatives Network, Inc. | Foster Care Tracker and Assessment Tool | IP for Foster Care and Assessments | Fractional T1 for mental health services and information transmission | |||||
| Long Island Association for Millennium Center for Convergent Technologies | An Electronic Clinical Trial System to Reduce Drug Development Costs | IP for communication between SB Computer Science, SBUH and LifeTree | Trial data entered via secure Website | Broadband for communication between SBUH and LifeTree | ||||
| Montefiore Medical Center | Electronic Medical Records Expansion | Clinical, Billings, Registration | Brose health related sites | Within facility | Connected Provider Network | |||
| New York Presbyterian Hospital | Systems Technology Interfacing Teaching and Community Hospitals (STITCH) | IP for clinical services exchange to other sites | Exchange of clinical data | |||||
| Research Foundation of State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo | Telehealth New York | Teledermatology, State-wide Hospital Preparedness Information Network | IP for clinical services and for education over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | Distance learning | Roll about telemedicine units | Broadband ISDN 384 kb/sec videoconferencing for clinical services and education | ||
| The Rosalind and Joseph Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center of Long Island | Demonstration of Implementation of Electronic Medical Record in Skilled Nursing Facility | To submit clinical information to acute care hospitals | ||||||
| OH | Case Western Reserve University | NetWellness | Consumer Health Information | Consumer Health Information | ||||
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron | Tele-Health-Kids | Uses input from digital camera and electronic stethoscope for clinical assessments | IP for clinical services | Broadband LAN | Real-time close-up video and additional history obtained by physician via conference interaction or telephone | |||
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Pursuing Perfection-Transforming Health Care Delivery | Radiology and Surgical Services | Patients/parents access the portals through the Medical Center Website | |||||
| Ohio Board of Regents | Medical Collaboration Network | H.323 videoconferencing w/ H.264 Codec; HD videoconferencing | Continuing Medical Education web site shared by 7 medical schools; Web interface to drug discovery software | Gigabit Ethernet links from OC-48 backbone to hospital, college, and university sites | ||||
| Ohio State University Research Foundation (for the Ohio Supercomputer Center) | Computational Approaches to Research on Cancer in Children and Others | Utilize secure transport protocols for clinical data | De-identified information access | De-identified information access | De-identified information access | |||
| Southern Consortium for Children | Southern Ohio Telepsychiatric Network | IP for clinical services and for education over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | Streaming video website for CEUs; Teenline website (crisis hotline) | Connect physician office to rural MH clinic for telepsychiatry | Fiber Optic connects one MH facility for clinical services & education. Cable connects one MH facility for clinical services & education | |||
| OK | INTEGRIS Health, Inc. | INTEGRIS Rural Telemedicine Project | Wound Care & Radiology | IP for clinical services and for education over ATM | POTS using videophones and home monitoring for disease management | |||
| OSU Center for Rural Health | Rural Oklahoma Telemedicine Service Expansion | IP for clinical services and CME over T1 terrestrial lines to rural areas | ||||||
| PA | Community Nurses Home Health and Hospice, Inc. | Home Telehealth | Telehealth visits | |||||
| Geisinger Clinic | Developing a Stoke Care Educational Program for Rural Pennsylvania | Used for website www.ruralstroke.com | Website and email | Developing a Stroke Care Education Program for Rural PA | ||||
| Good Samaritan Hospital Regional Medical Center | Schuylkill Alliance for Health Care Access | HIPPA-compliant registration system and client information storage program | iReach program is web-based and information is backed up with Alliance server | |||||
| Home Nursing Agency & Visiting Nurse Association | Telehealth Network Grant | Daily Transmission over POTS dialup of patient, vital signs, and health questions | ||||||
| Jewish Healthcare Foundation | Reinventing Healthcare: the Application of the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative's Perfecting Patient Care (PPC) System to Chronic Medical Conditions | Utilizing e-mail network connecting all sites for regional learning and peer-to-peer coaching. Planned for 2006: Web-based methodology learning modules | ||||||
| Magee Rehabilitation Hospital | Virtual Reality Technology | Future use of Magee software system by patients at home | ||||||
| Mercy Health Partners | Using Information Technology to Enhance Patient Safety | For remote access for physicians | At bedside for nursing documentation | Ethernet 100mb for local provider access | ||||
| Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh | Mobile Clinician Project | Wireless (IEEE 802.11b, g standard) | ||||||
| Millcreek Community Hospital | Millcreek Health System Informatics Project | Hospital information system networking infrastructure | Remote access by physicians/authorized users | |||||
| Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry, & Tourism | The Venango Center for Healthcare Careers (VCHC) | Distance Learning Communication | Teleconference, Delivery of Education | |||||
| Pennsylvania College of Optometry | Urban Ophthalmic Telehealth | Eye Care | Eye Care | Eye Care | Eye Care | |||
| Penn State University | Digital Informatics and Communications System | Lectures, CME | Videoconferencing, medical consent, telemedicine | Clinical Trials Network, Physician and patient education, intranet | T1/T3 links between sites for videoconferencing | |||
| Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine | Physician-Scientist Initiative | Lectures, CME | Videoconferencing Medical consent. Telemedicine | Clinical trials network Physician and patient education. Intranet | Satellite to connect clinics to provide teleconsultations in frontier communities | |||
| Pinnacle Health System | Reducing Variability to Deliver Safe Care | Remote access to radiology and cardiology PACS; patient demographic and clinical data, including lab and radiology results; medical records imaging; OB link | Enhancements moving from 802.11b to 802.11g Increase number of wireless access points to provide wireless connectivity through all facilities | |||||
| Safe Harbor Behavioral Health | Safe Harbor Behavioral Health Telemedicine Program | ISDN line-clinical and educational services | ISDN line-secured child psychiatric services | |||||
| SUN Home Health Services | SUN Home Health Services Network | Web Server-Medical Records, Patient Care Training and Community Education | Web Server/Database Server-Medical Records, Visit Entry, Patient & Community Education | Web & E-mail Server/Citrix MetaFrame-Medical Records, Patient & Community Education | T-1 Frame-Relay/DSL-LAN/WAN Access, Video Conferencing, Telemedicine, Internet Services | Cable modem-LAN/WAN Access, IT management | ||
| Susquehanna Health System | Regional Electronic Medical Record | IP for interfaces between Electronic Medical Record and ancillary clinical systems | Physician access to Electronic Medical Record via secure Web portal | Wireless notebooks used by physicians and clinicians for documentation into Electronic medical record | Inter-site network backbone comprised of redundant ATM w/T1 | |||
| Thomas Jefferson University | Integrative Medicine Informatics Feasibility Project | Web Based Distance Learning and Digital Archive | ||||||
| Tyrone Hospital | The Tyrone Hospital Health Information Network | IP will be used as the primary protocol for communication over public Internet to all members | The Internet will be used to communicate to remote providers | Wireless technology will be used within the hospital Satellite Broadband will be used where Cable and DSL are not available | ||||
| Wayne Memorial Hospital | Improving Medication and Patient Safety | Wireless tech for portable nurses stations for barcoding | ||||||
| RI | Family Resources Community Action | HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Psychosocial Support Project | N/A | |||||
| Kent County Visiting Nurse Association d/b/a VNA of Care New England | Advancing Point-of-Care Technology at VNA of Care New England | Information is transferred via a 56K modem built into the notebook computer, which connects via remote access to the server via an analog phone line. | ||||||
| Kent County Visiting Nurse Association d/b/a VNA of Care New England | Increasing Access to Telehealth-Phase II | Transmission of patient data is through the Health Buddy appliance internal modem (33,600) via POTS line. Data is transmitted and housed through a web portal that is hosted by McKesson. | ||||||
| Thundermist Health Center | Thundermist Health Center Electronic Health Record | Scanned images, radiology | T-1, Broadband, Ethernet VAN, to connect clinical sites to EHR and PMS | Patient Portal for Diabetics and other groups is planned | Wireless technology on internal LAN only | T-1 lines to connect clinical site to HER and PMS | ||
| SC | Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) | Healthcare and Emergency Awareness Response for Telehealth (HEART) Phase II | Ophthalmology | IP for transmission of retinal images between CHC and ophthalmologist. IP for access care to diabetes care management data | DSL for transmission of retinal images between CHC and ophthalmologist | |||
| Voorhees College | Developing a Telehealth Infrastructure to Address Health Disparities Through Education and Training | 1 Full T1 line at the main site for static VPN with remote sites for education and training | ||||||
| SD | Avera Health | Avera Rural and Frontier Disease Management Telehealth Network | For Home Monitoring using POTS | In-Network only at QOS | Broadband ISDN for clinical encounters, Education and Administrative events | |||
| Avera Health | Great Plains Telehealth Resource and Assistance Center | N/A | ||||||
| TN | University Health System, Inc. | High-Risk Newborn Services Project | N/A | |||||
| University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Delta Health Partnership | IP for clinical services and for education over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | Archived educational Broadcasts (Grand Rounds, CDC satellite broadcasts, etc.) presented via the network | Satellite to connect clinics to provide teleconsultations in frontier communities | ISDN for educational broadcasts | |||
| University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Mid-Appalachia Telehealth Project | Companion Care diabetes monitoring equipment | IP for clinical services and for education over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | Archived educational Broadcasts (Grand Rounds, CDC satellite broadcasts, etc.) presented via the network | Satellite to connect clinics to provide teleconsultations in frontier communities | ISDN for educational broadcasts | ||
| University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Mid-South Telehealth Consortium | IP for clinical services and for education over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | Archived educational Broadcasts (Grand Rounds, CDC satellite broadcasts, etc.) presented via the network | Satellite to connect clinics to provide teleconsultations in frontier communities | ISDN for educational broadcasts | |||
| University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Telehealth for Diabetic Patients in Hispanic and Underserved Rural Communities | Companion Care diabetes monitoring equipment | IP for clinical services and for education over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | Archived educational Broadcasts (Grand Rounds, CDC satellite broadcasts, etc.) presented via the network | Satellite to connect clinics to provide teleconsultations in frontier communities | ISDN for educational broadcasts | ||
| TX | Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc. | Medical Licensure Portability to Facilitate Multi-State Telehealth Practice | N/A | |||||
| Harris County Hospital District | Specialty Access Through Telemedicine (SA++) | This will be used with some dermatology consultations when the medical staff at spoke only needs consultation from specialist | T1 Transmissions for Psychiatry and dermatology consults needing direct communication with patient and/or staff at spoke | |||||
| University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) | Diabetes Risk Reduction via Community Based Telemedicine (DiRReCT) | IP for clinical services and for education over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | ||||||
| University of Texas Medical Branch Center to Eliminate Health Disparities | The Texas Telehealth Disparities Network | IP for clinical services and for education over T1 lines to rural site in Smith and Cameron counties. | ||||||
| UT | Association for Utah Community Health (AUCH) | Association for Utah Community Health Telehealth Program | Tele-Opthalmology for Diabetic Retinopathy | IP Videoconferencing | Website/Distance Learning | T-1 Line for Internet/Videoconferencing | ||
| Dr. Ezekiel R. Dumke College of Health Professions | Health Opportunities Professional Exploration (HOPE) | IP for teaching Paramedic courses and for web-based testing | WWW for teaching Paramedic courses and for web-based testing | Broadband video bridge equipment for teaching paramedic courses | ||||
| Intermountain Healthcare | HRSA Telemedicine Pilot Program for Interpreting Services for the Deaf | H.323 video protocols | Transmission of video from Intermountain to LanguageLine via the Internet | Video interpreting transmissions-Transmission line rate-512 kbps for high quality video transmission | ||||
| University of Utah | Utah Telehealth Network Comprehensive Telehealth Services | Radiology, cardiology, pharmacy | Videoconferencing including patient care visits, radiology, pharmacy, cardiology, VPNs | Web archives of continuing education programming | ISDN Videoconferencing for some patient care (prison) and some educational activities | |||
| VA | University of Virginia | Southwest Virginia Alliance for Telemedicine | Pediatric Cardiology Reads, Diabetic Retinopathy, Radiology, Dermatology | Clinical consults and Distance Education programs, Outreach to Military in Iraq and families in US | Clinical Consults and Education | Clinical Consults | Clinical Consults, Education (State, Nationwide, and International) | |
| VT | The University of Vermont (UVM) | Pediatric Teletrauma Project | ISDN Teletrauma, Pediatric Critical Care | |||||
| WA | Inland Northwest Health Services | Northwest Telehealth--TeleER | IP for clinical services, education and EMR, over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | IP for clinical services, education and EMR, over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | ||||
| Inland Northwest Health Services | Northwest Telehealth--Telepharmacy | Fractional T1 lines connecting hospitals participating in telepharmacy program | ||||||
| University of Washington | Native People for Cancer Control Telehealth Network | Lance Armstrong Survivorship Center services. | Internet2 transport for clinical services and for education to AFHCAN hub. | Possible education using Web. | T1/ISDN for clinical services and education to rural tribal health centers and clinics. | |||
| Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital | Bedside Medication Management (MAR) System | TCP/IP Local Area Network 100/1000 Base T and F | 802.11 b/g; Bluetooth | |||||
| WI | La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium | Virtual Population Health Centers in the Rural Midwest | DVDs and streamlining | Terrific Tuesdays Class-"Developmental Principles Through the Lifespan" | Online program for Nurse Educators for Tomorrow. Online and clinical at rural sites for Radiography on Line | |||
| Marshfield Clinic Telehealth Network | Marshfield Clinic Telehealth Network | Dermatology Wound Management EMR is S/F and is used in all consultations | All intranet video is IP | Email only | Tablet PCs for providers and staff | Interactive Video Consultations. All clinic operations | ISDN for non-corporate video sites | |
| Marshfield Clinic Telehealth Network | Marshfield Clinic Telehealth Network 2006 | Dermatology Wound Management EMR is S/F and is used in all consultations | All intranet video is IP | Email only | Tablet PCs for providers and staff | Interactive Video Consultations. All clinic operations | ISDN for non-corporate video sites | |
| WV | Appalachian Pain Foundation | Physician Education, Community Outreach Program to Prevent Diversion of Prescription Drugs | IP for education and public outreach over T1 terrestrial lines; videoconferencing and distance education | Pain Management Web site-information, referral, and education | Videoconferencing and distance education | |||
| Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health | Marshall University Southern West Virginia Rural Outreach Project | Health Records from Mobile Units; Radiology; Streaming Video Education for Health Outreach; Imagery for Virtual Colonoscopy project | T1 terrestrial lines to 3 sites; T3 lines to 1 site for Health Education and Meetings | Evaluated possibility of web-based EHR | H.323 connectivity for video conferencing & delivery of education and services | Streaming Video Education for Health Outreach | ||
| West Virginia University, Mountaineer Doctor TeleVision (MDTV) | West Virginia Community Mental Telehealth Project | IP for clinical services and for education over T1 terrestrial lines to rural towns | ||||||
| WY | Memorial Hospital of Laramie County dba Cheyenne Regional Medical Center | Regional Expansion of Telehealth and Distance Learning | IP for clinical services and for education using T1 lines to network partners | |||||
| Wyoming Department of Health | Wyoming Network for Telehealth (WyNETTE) | IP for clinical services, resource access, and distance education to rural communities | Web site for information on telehealth projects, policy statements, and sources of support | Videoconferencing via H.232 for telepsychiatry and limited primary care | Telephone service for home health monitoring |
