HRSA - Components of the Project

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Components of the Project

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All OAT grantees were asked whether their project(s) were involved in clinical telemedicine, distance learning, or electronic health records (or a combination of the three).
Grantees’ specific responses are indicated in this section.

N/A = Not Applicable/Not Available

ST	Grantee	Clinical Telemedicine Services	Distance Learning			Information Systems/Electronic Health Records (***See Category Definitions Below)							Health Information Exchange Network/ Other (please specify)
ST	Grantee	Clinical Telemedicine Services	Professional Development Non-Credit	Professional Development Credit (e.g. CME)	Academic Degree Granting	Record Contains Key Data	Results Reporting & Notification	Computerized Provider Order Entry	Electronic Integrated Medical Record	Reporting and Population Health Management	Scheduling Management	Electronic Billing	Health Information Exchange Network/ Other (please specify)
AK	Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
	Continued Advancement of Telehealth Capacity in Alaska	x	x			x	x		x	x			Yes. This project will support the development of an Alaska RHIO; the exact information has not been defined.
	The Summative Telemedicine Evaluation Project												N/A
	Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API)
	API TeleBehavioral Health Project	x	x								x	x	No.
AL	University of South Alabama
	Center for Strategic Health Innovation (CSHI) RMEDE/ BioTrac Project		x	x		x	x	x	x		x		YES/EMR
	Center for Strategic Health Innovation (CSHI) Traditional Telemedicine	x	x	x	x	x							No.
AR	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
AR	South Arkansas Integrated Telehealth Oncology Program	x·	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	No.
AZ	Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona
	Arizona Diabetes Virtual Center for Excellence (ADVICE)	x	x	x									No.
	Institute for Advanced Telemedicine and Telehealth (THealth)	x	x	x									No.
	Banner Good Samaritan Telemedicine Program
	Banner Telehealth Program—Banner Health System	x	x	x									No.
	Maricopa County, Arizona
	Correctional Health Services Telemedicine Initiative	x	x	x									No.
CA	Familia Unida Living with Multiple Sclerosis
	Telehealth Grant												N/A
	Multi-Dimensional Imaging, Inc. of Newport Beach
	Telemedicine for Improved Health Care and Education	x				x	x	x			x	x	No.
	San Joaquin County Health Care Services
	Automated Drug Dispensing Medication Administration System					x		x					No.
	Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
	Northern California Telemedicine Network (NCTN)	x	x	x									No.
CO	Avista Adventist Hospital
	Clinical Integration Through Health Informatics					x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Yes: health disparities and planned care consortium.
	University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
	Native Telehealth Outreach and Technical Assistance Program			x									No.
DC	American Red Cross
	Congressionally Mandated Telehealth Grants												N/A
	Foundation For eHealth Initiative
	Connecting Communities for Better Health Program					x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Yes. The overall purpose of the Connecting Communities for Better Health Program is to accelerate the development; and sustainability of health information exchange networks.
	CareSpark, TN					x	x	x	x	x			The HRSA/OAT funds supported the process of strategic business planning for a regional health improvement initiative to be enabled through a health information exchange infrastructure.
	Colorado Health Exchange Network								x				Yes.
	Indiana Health Information Exchange					x	x
	Maryland/DC Collaborative for Healthcare Information Technology, MD												No. The project does not participate in a working RHIO, however the goal of the project was to develop a
	Massachusetts Health Data Consortium (MA-SHARE), MA					x		x					Yes.
	Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange, CA.					x	x						Yes.
DC	St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation (WHATCOM HIE), WA					x·	x	x	x	x	x	x	Yes. Self-sustaining network for access to health information, resources, communication and anti-virus, anti-spam protection across the community.
	WHATCOM HIE		x			x		x	x	x
	Taconic Educational Research Fund, NY					x	x						Yes.
FL	BayCare Health System
	Electronic Medication and Clinical Services Ordering System	x					x	x	x				No.
	Florida Cancer Research Cooperative, University of South Florida
	Clinical Trial Patient/Physician Information & Education Program												N/A
	University of Florida College of Dentistry (UFCD)
	University of Florida College of Dentistry (UFCD)		x	x				x					No.
GA	Morehouse School of Medicine
	Diabetes Screening Telehealth Project	x		x		x						x	Yes. Diabetes Screening research study part of southeastern clinicians network.
	Ware County Health Department
	Rural Health Telemedicine Grant Program	x	x	x									No.
HI	Hawaii Primary Care Association (HPCA)
	The Hawai’i CHC Telehealth Network Project	x	x										Yes.
	Moloka’i General Hospital
	Moloka’i Telehealth Network	x		x									Yes. Telederm Solutions, Inc. is a collaborative demonstration.
IA	Iowa Chronic Care Consortium
	Congestive Heart Failure and Diabetes Telemanagement Protocols	x					x						No.
	Iowa Medicaid Population Disease Management Demonstration	x				x	x			x			No.
	Mercy Foundation
	Midwest Rural Telemedicine Consortium	x	x	x	x								No.
ID	Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics, Inc.
ID	Clearwater Valley Hospital: Electronic Medical Records					x	x·	x	x	x		x	Yes/shared info between primary care clinics and hospitals
ID	Idaho State University, Institute of Rural Health
	Telehealth Idaho	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Yes.
	North Idaho Rural Health Consortium (NIRHC)
	Expanding Telehealth to North Idaho Districts (EXTEND)	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	Yes. Working with regional and local RHIOs.
IL	Northern Illinois University/Fermi National Laboratory
	Neutron Radiation for Cancer Treatment	x										x	No.
	OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center
	OSF Saint James Telehealth Network	x	x	x		x	x		x				No.
	Saint John’s Hospital
	Neonatal Telehealth Project in Rural Illinois Located at the Perinatal Center	x	x	x									Yes. Methamphetami-ne collaborative project (proposed).
	Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
	Downstate Illinois Regional Telehealth Project	x	x	x	x·	x	x	x	x	x	x		No.
IN	James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children
	Riley Connections	x	x	x		x							No.
	Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County
	Congressionally-Mandated Telehealth Grants	x				x	x						Yes. Local Health Information Exchange Organization.
KS	University of Kansas Medical Center
	Expansion of the Kansas Telehealth Network												N/A
	Sustainability and Cost Benefit Evaluation of the Kansas Telehealth Network	x	x	x									No.
KY	The James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital
	PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System)					x	x						No.
	Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital
	Teleradiology Enhancement Project	x					x						Yes. Radiology procedures and reports access to physicians and radiologists.
	New Horizons Health Systems, Inc.
	Information Technology Development and Improvement					x	x	x	x	x	x	x	No, but planned for the future.
KY	University of Kentucky Research Foundation—Kentucky TeleCare
KY	Improving Health Outcomes for Children in Rural Kentucky Schools	x	x	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	No.
LA	Southwest Louisiana Health Care Systems
	Community Hospital Telehealth Consortium	x	x	x								x	No.
	Woman’s Hospital
	Expansion of Physician Internet Portal, Woman’s POL					x	x	x		x			No.
MA	Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
	Worcester Campus Distance Learning Initiative		x	x	x								No.
	UMass Memorial Medical Center
	PACS Teleradiology Project	x				x	x						Yes. Radiological images and reports planned.
ME	Regional Medical Center at Lubec
ME	Maine Nursing Home Telehealth Network	x	x	x			x						No.
MI	Altarum Institute
	Concepts for a Michigan Health Information Network (MHIN)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	No, but planned for the future.
	Hillsdale Community Health Center
	PACS System					x							No.
	Hurley Medical Center
	Clinical Information System Replacement Project					x	x	x	x				No.
	Michigan State University
	Telehospice in Mid-Michigan	x	x										No.
	Western Michigan University
	The Application of Tele-Allied Health in Rural Counties in Southwest Lower Michigan	x	x	x	x								No.
MN	Fairview Health Services
	Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record System – Twin Cities Metropolitan Care Systems					x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Yes.
	University of Minnesota
	Fairview – University of Minnesota Telemedicine Network	x		x					x		x		No.
MO	The Curators of the University of Missouri
MO	Missouri Telehealth Network	x		x					x		x		No.
MT	Benefis Healthcare Foundation
MT	NMHA/REACH Telehealth Network Development Project	x	x	x									No.
MT	Billings Clinic Foundation
	Effect of an Integrated CIS on Inpatient and post-Discharge Medication Administration Errors and Chronic Disease Management							x	x				No.
	Deaconess Billings Clinic Foundation
	Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network	x	x	x									Unknown at this time.
	Revolutionizing Diabetes Care at Billings Clinic: A Model for Chronic Disease Care					x	x		x	x			Yes.
	Saint Patrick Hospital & Health Foundation
	Montana Cardiology Telemedicine Network	x·				x	x						No.
	Saint Vincent Healthcare Foundation
	Mansfield Health Education Center (MHEC)	x	x	x									No.
	University of Montana - Missoula
	Improving Health Among Rural Montanans (IPHARM)	x											No.
NC	Duke University Medical Center
	Patient Inclusion in a Community-Based Telehealth Network					x			x	x·	x		Yes. Collaborative research study with exchange between primary care providers, care managers and government agencies.
	Educational and Research Consortium of Western Carolinas
	Western North Carolina Regional Data Link Project					x	x		x				Yes. Electronic exchange of patient data between 16 western NC hospitals.
ND	North Dakota State University College of Pharmacy
	North Dakota Telepharmacy Project	x											No.
	Northland Healthcare Alliance
	St. Alexius/Northland Telecare Network	x	x·	x	x							x	Yes. Northland has received a grant to create such a network.
NE	Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation
	Mid-Nebraska Telemedicine Network (MNTN)	x	x	x		x	x	x	x				No.
	University of Nebraska Medical Center
	Distance Education of Undergraduate Nursing Students				x								No.
NJ	Hackensack University Medical Center
NJ	Implementation of Oncology Patient Management System					x	x	x	x	x	x	x	No.
NJ	Saint Peter’s University Hospital
NJ	Medical Technology Center for Infants and Children												N/A
NM	New Mexico Human Services Department
	New Mexico Tele-Behavioral Health Improvement Project	x		x									No.
	The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
	Project TOUCH (Telehealth Outreach for Unified Community Health)												N/A
	Rural Health Telemedicine Program	x	x	x									No.
NV	Nevada Rural Hospital Partners Foundation
	Digital Imaging System for Rural Nevada (DISRN)						x						No.
	University of Nevada, Reno
	Biomedical Imaging Laboratory												N/A
NY	Community Health Care Services Foundation, Inc.
	Introducing Home Telehealth in New York’s 20^th Congressional District	x											No.
	Genesee Gateway Local Development Corporation, Inc.
	Upstate New York Telemedicine Study	x	x	x									No.
	Integrated Community Alternatives Network, Inc.
	Foster Care Tracker and Assessment Tool	x				x							No.
	Long Island Association for Millennium Center for Convergent Technologies
	An Electronic Clinical Trial System to Reduce Drug Development Costs					x				x			Yes. Project partners use available existing communications.
	Montefiore Medical Center
	Electronic Medical Records Expansion	x				x	x	x		x	x	x	Yes. Montefiore is a member in the newly formed Bronx RHIO.
	New York Presbyterian Hospital
	Systems Technology Interfacing Teaching and Community Hospitals (STITCH)												Yes. RHIO among 4 hospital sites and 14 ambulatory care clinics.
	Research Foundation, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo
	Telehealth New York	x	x	x		x				x	x		Yes. Electronic Health Information Exchange.
NY	The Rosalind and Joseph Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center of Long Island
NY	Demonstration of Implementation of Electronic Medical Record in Skilled Nursing Facility					x	x	x	x				No.
OH	Case Western Reserve University
	NetWellness												N/A
	Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
	Pursuing Perfection—Transforming Health Care Delivery		x			x	x				x		No.
	Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM)
	Medical Education Network Teaching Ohio Region III (MENTOR)		x	x	x							x	No.
	Ohio Board of Regents
	Medical Collaboration Network	x	x	x	x								No.
	Ohio State University Research Foundation (for the Ohio SupercomputerCenter)
	Computational Approaches to Research on Cancer in Children and Others					x		x					No.
	Southern Consortium for Children
	Southern Ohio Telepsychiatric Network	x	x	x									No.
OK	INTEGRIS Health, Inc.
	INTEGRIS Rural Telemedicine Project	x	x	x		x	x		x	x	x	x	Yes. Diabetes & wound care collaborative research study.
	Oklahoma Office of Rural Health
	Rural Health Telemedicine Program	x		x									No. In planning stages.
	OSU Center for Rural Health
	Rural Oklahoma Telemedicine Service Expansion	x		x									No, though we do have plans to develop.
OR	Asante Health System
	Asante Clinical Systems Initiative	x·		x			x	x	x				No.
	Tillamook Lightwave IGA
	Tillamook Lightwave Telehealth Technologies for Tillamook County Rural Communities												N/A
PA	Clarion University
	Primary Care Education for the Citizens of Rural Pennsylvania			x	x								No.
	Community Nurses Home Health and Hospice, Inc.
	Home Telehealth	x											No.
PA	Geisinger Clinic
	Developing a Stoke Care Educational Program for Rural Pennsylvania	x		x					x				Yes. Working with an AHRQ grant to develop.
	Good Samaritan Hospital Regional Medical Center
	Schuylkill Alliance for Health Care Access												N/A
	Hospice of Metropolitan Erie
	Hospice Telehealth Project	x				x	x	x	x	x		x	No.
	Jewish Healthcare Foundation
	Reinventing Healthcare: The Application of the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative’s Perfecting Patient Care (PPC) System to Chronic Medical Conditions		x	x					x	x			No.
	Magee Rehabilitation Hospital
	Virtual Reality Technology	x											No.
	Mercy Health Partners
	Using Information Technology to Enhance Patient Safety					x		x	x				Yes. Available to physicians and clinicians in office or home.
	Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh
	Mobile Clinician Project					x							No.
	Millcreek Community Hospital
	Millcreek Health System Informatics Project					x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Yes.
	Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry, & Tourism
	The Venango Center for Healthcare Careers (VCHC)		x										No.
	Pennsylvania College of Optometry
	Ophthalmic Telehealth	x	x			x							No.
	Pennsylvania Homecare Association
	Researching on the Financial Viability of Telehealth and Telehealth’s Impact on Home Health Nurses	x				x							Unavailable at this time.
	Penn State University
	Digital Informatics and Communications System	x		x									Yes. Pennsylvania Cancer Care Coalition (PAC3)
	Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
	Physician-Scientist Initiative		x	x	x								Clinical Trials Network
	Pinnacle Health System
	Reducing Variability to Deliver Safe Care	x				x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Yes. Dauphin County Health Collaborative.
PA	Safe Harbor Behavioral Health
	Safe Harbor Behavioral Health Telemedicine Program	x											No.
	SUN Home Health Services
	SUN Home Health Services Network	x											No.
	Susquehanna Health System
	Regional Electronic Medical Record					x	x	x	x	x	x	x	No.
	Thomas Jefferson University
	Integrative Medicine Informatics Feasibility Project		x										No.
	Tyrone Hospital
	The Tyrone Hospital Health Information Network					x	x	x	x				No.
	University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Nurse Anesthesia Program
	Nurse Anesthesia Rural and Elderly Expansion Project (NAREEP)		x		x								No.
	Wayne Memorial Hospital
	Improving Medication and Patient Safety					x			x	x	x	x	No.
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					x	x		x		x		No.
	Increasing Access to Teleheatlh—Phase II	x				x	x		x				No.
	Thundermist Health Center
	Thundermist Health Center Electronic Health Record					x	x	x	x	x	x		Yes. RI RHIO, RIHCA Data Warehouse, HRSA HD Collaboratives, RI DOH Diabetes Control Program.
SC	Advanced Technology Institute (ATI)
	Healthcare and Emergency Awareness Response for Telehealth (HEART) Phase II						x				x		No.
	Beaufort-Jaspert-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services
	South Carolina Prostate Cancer/Telehealth Project					x				x	x	x	Unavailable at this time.
	Greenville Hospital System
	ICU Telemedicine Project	x											No.
	Voorhees College
	Developing a Telehealth Infrastructure to Address Health Disparities Through Education and Training				x								No.
SD	Avera Health
	Avera Rural and Frontier Disease Management Telehealth Network	x	x	x									Yes—with partners within the Avera Health System.
	The University of South Dakota (USD)
	Growing Our Own: A Nursing Education/Provider Partnership				x								No.
TN	University Health System, Inc.
	High-Risk Newborn Services Project	x		x									No.
	University of Tennessee Health Science Center
	Delta Health Partnership	x	x	x	x								Yes.
	Mid-Appalachia Telehealth Project	x	x	x									No.
	Mid-South Telehealth Consortium	x	x	x									No.
	Telehealth for Diabetic Patients in Hispanic and Underserved Rural Communities	x	x	x									No.
TX	CHRISTUS Visiting Nurse Association of Houston
	Home Monitoring: Demonstration Pilot Of Cost Control	x											No.
	Cook Children’s Medical Center
	Rural Specialty Health Telemedicine Initiative	x	x	x									No.
	Harris County Hospital District
	Specialty Access Through Telemedicine (SA++)	x											Unavailable at this time.
	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
	Diabetes Risk Reduction via Community Based Telemedicine (DiRReCT)	x		x		x				x			No.
	University of Texas Medical Branch Center To Eliminate Health Disparities