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Clinical Information System - Wireless Network Infrastructure
Memorial Health System
Memorial
Medical Center
Mitchell L. Johnson
701 N. First Street
Springfield, IL 62781-0001
Ph: 217-788-3529Fax: 217-788-5520
http://Memorialmedical.com johnson.mitch@mhsil.com
Network
Partners: NA
Project
Purpose: To support the development of a fully
redundant wireless infrastructure to support an Automated
Clinical Information System that improves patient
safety and reduces medical errors.
Outcomes
Expected: § Create an infrastructure to support
wireless network on all nursing units. § Assure
system design eliminating service disruptions and
downtime. § Assure that wireless devices will
operate correctly with wireless network. § Assure
privacy of patient information. § Expand access
to wireless network from any location within the enterprise.
Service Area: Memorial Medical Center is located in
Springfield, Illinois, serves as a referral for a
40-county service area with 1,600,000 population in
central and southern Illinois, serving 38 MHPSA's.
Services
Provided: Infrastructure to support wireless network
communication between all clinical care providers
with Memorial Medical Center was implemented August,
2003.
Equipment:
2 - Reef Edge Connect Servers 6 - Reef Edge Controllers
7 - Planar TK7 Wireless AC with carts
Transmission:
Wireless 11MB.
MHS
Rural Teleradiology Memorial Health Systems
Karen Mitchell
701 North First
Springfield, IL 62781-0001
Ph: 217-788-4074Fax: 217-788-5468
http://www.memorialmedical.com
Email: mitchell.karen@mhsil.com
Network
Partners: Regional teaching hospitals, two
rural hospitals, rural clinics, physician practices.
Project
Purpose: To provide radiology consultations
and film interpretations through full fidelity images
transmitted via teleradiology systems. The hub site,
Memorial Medical Center, will connect with its two
affiliated hospitals located in rural communities
through T1 lines. The three hospitals serve a rural
population, many of whom receive Medicare and/or Medicaid.
Outcomes
Expected: Reduction in the delay interpretation
of radiology studies due to the decrease in lost films.
Rural physicians are using the Web distribution system
to view x-rays and results of their patients in their
office or at home reducing turn around time for patient
care.
Service
Area: 5 counties in central Illinois.
Services
Provided: Teleradiology support of emergency medicine,
orthopedics, radiology, nephrology/dialysis, cardiology,
gastroenterology, pediatrics, oncology, neurology,
burn care, surgery, gynecology and obstetrics.
Equipment:
Distributed Medical Images servers and Enhanced Viewer,
AutoRad Diagnostic Independence D1540ii, Disk Array,
DICOM servers, Digitizers and PC's, Cisco router,
remote access server, Cisco modular router, network
switches.
Transmission:
T1's at 1500K and fractional T1's at 384k. ILLINOIS
Downstate Illinois Regional Telehealth Project Southern
Illinois University School of Medicine.
Southern
Illinois University School of Medicine - Downstate Illinois
Regional
Telehealth Project.
SIU
Telehealth Networks & Programs
Deborah E. Seale
P.O. Box 19677,
913 N. Rutledge St, Ste 1253
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9677
Ph: 217-545-7830 Fax: 217-545-7839
http://www.siumed.edu/telehealth
Email: dseale@siumed.edu
Network
Partners: Participating sites include: 2 Area
Health Education Centers, 3 family practice clinics,
5 universities, 11 Critical Access Hospitals, 3 small
rural hospitals, 1 rural mental health hospital, 2
large urban hospitals, 1 Veteran Affairs Hospital,
1 home health agency. Content providers include: 3
universities, 2 state agencies, 3 hospitals, 3 associations/consortiums.
Project
Purpose: Develop community-institutional partnerships
to strengthen local health care capacity through the
use of advanced technologies. Provide medical education
and training to 52 rural hospitals - including 31
critical access hospitals - using videoconferencing,
satellite broadcasts and web streaming. Provide health
information to patients and information support to
practitioners through online resources. Provide direct
patient care and medical consultation using store-and-forward
and videoconference technologies. Ensure the delivery
of appropriate, affordable services through program
evaluation and outcomes research.
Outcomes
Expected: Appropriate, seamless, affordable service
as measured by participant (patient, learner, educator,
practitioner) and support staff (technical and coordinator)
data collection instruments. Improve technical quality
through monitoring and support, user training, use
of technical protocols and trouble reports. Improved
access as measured by # of sites, participants, programs,
services delivered as well as duration. Evaluate project
development timeline.
Service
Area: Ninety-six (96) counties in downstate Illinois
including 4 frontier counties, 70 rural non-metropolitan
counties; 16 partial rural metropolitan counties;
93 Primary Care HPSAs; 52 Mental HPSAs with 11 designations
pending; 83 Dental HPSAs; 24 whole county MUA/MUPs
and 53 partial county MUA/MUPs.
Services
Provided: In 2003, 117.5 hours of education provided
to 798 participants involving 31 sites. Programs included
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Burdick Multidisciplinary
Fellowship, patient safety, terrorism preparedness
and response, and grant writing training. During the
same period, 105 clinical encounters were completed
involving 29 patients and 4 services.
Equipment:
ISDN PRI and IP videoconferencing, medical and distance
education peripherals, multipoint control bridge,
satellite, online chat, multi-media streaming and
push technologies.
Transmission:
T1 circuits with ISDN or IP, state IP backbone, state
ISDN backbone, and ISDN dialup services connecting
at 128 to 384 as appropriate for need.
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