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Project
TOUCH (Telehealth Outreach for Unified Community Health)
Universities of New Mexico and Hawaii
Telehealth
Program
Dale Alverson, M.D.
MSC09 5220,
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Ph: 505-272-8633
Fax: 505-272-0800
http://hsc.unm.edu/touch/
Email : dalverson@salud.unm.edu
Network
Partners: The University of New Mexico School
of Medicine, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School
of Medicine, Maui High Performance Computing Center,
The UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center,
The UNM Center for High Performance Computing, Northern
Navajo Medical Center, Maui Community College.
Project
Purpose: A research project that attempts to
determine whether an integrated, collaborative, interactive
immersive virtual environment can enhance human comprehension,
learning, training, and performance as compared to
more traditional methods. The project is designed
to demonstrate the feasibility of employing advanced
computing methods, such as virtual reality, multipoint
simultaneous telecommunications, computer generated
volumetric imaging and graphics allowing manipulation
and computer generated and governed patient simulation,
to enhance educational outcomes.
Outcomes Expected: Ÿ Enhance the problem-based
experiential learning approach within a medical education
curriculum - Comparative evaluation using standardized
evaluation tools Ÿ Increase consistency in medical
student education independent of location - Comparative
evaluation using standardized evaluation tools Ÿ
Assess impact of using integrated technologies and
environments on learning and performance outcomes
- Comparative evaluation using standardized evaluation
tools
Service
Area: The states of New Mexico and Hawaii are
involved in this research project. Since this is a
research project, the traditional service area definition
does not apply. Hawaii and New Mexico face similar
challenges in providing and delivering services and
training to remote and rural areas. Both states must
deal with common challenges such as barriers to healthcare
access (water in Hawaii, land in New Mexico), unique
indigenous populations, large multicultural and minority
populations, and isolation of healthcare professionals
and students/trainees in remote settings
Services
Provided: Distributed Virtual Reality Simulators
for experiential learning. This is the fourth year
of research.
Equipment:
Graphic design tools, high performance computers,
3-dimensional visual equipment, haptics devices, and
other computational equipment for Distributed Virtual
Reality.
Transmission:
Internet2 is the primary network involved in the research.
NEW MEXICO Rural and Early Access for Children's Healthcare
(REACH) University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
University
of New Mexico Health Sciences Center - Rural and Early
Access for Children's Healthcare (REACH)
School of Medicine/Pediatrics/Center for Development
and Disability
Sandy Heimerl, PT,
MS 2300 Menaul NE
Albuquerque,
NM 87107-1851
Ph: 505-272-0096 Fax: 505-272-0386
http://cdd.unm.edu
Email : sheimerl@salud.unm.edu
Network
Partners: UNM Center for Telehealth (Albuquerque),
Hidalgo Medical Services (Lordsburg), Children's Workshop
(Raton), Tresco (Las Cruces), Zia Therapy (Alamogordo),
CARC (Carlsbad), New Vistas (Las Vegas), Tabosa Developmental
Services (Roswell), Growing in Beauty (Farmington),
Roundtree (Farmington), ELS (Gallop), Life Quest (Silver
City).
Project
Purpose: Improve health-care outcomes for young
children who demonstrate developmental issues, as
well as their families and the providers who serve
them, by improving accessibility, providing needed
on-going consultation and training, and by cutting
cost for families and providers who do not have to
travel to distant tertiary centers of expertise.
Outcomes
Expected: 1) Provide accessible and on-going developmental
specialty care to young children, their families and
providers; 2) Expand and improve the quality of information
and training to providers and families; and 3) Link
providers and families statewide to share information/resources.
Tools: Client/Provider/Trainee/Trainer Pre-Post Satisfaction
Survey (Likert Scales); Videotechnology; quantify
usage of services provided; Cost comparison of telehealth
vs. traditional service provision; documenting travel
cost savings.
Service
Area: Fifteen counties in rural New Mexico. Nine
of the counties are full HPSAs, three are partial
HPSAs, 11 are MUAs , three are partial MUAs, and 11
are mental health HPSAs.
Services
Provided: Developmental clinical services including
assessment, consultation and technical assistance,
and distance learning to health care providers, educational
providers and families of young children with developmental
disabilities to be implemented.
Equipment: Polycom Viewstation videoconferencing
units, Leadtek TeleEye videophones.
Transmission:
ISDN PRI and T1 for videoconferencing, POTS for
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