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UAMS Rural Hospital Program
1123 S. University, Suite 400
Little Rock, AR 72204
http://rhp.uams.edu
Ann Bynum, Ed.D.
Ph: 501-686-2595
Fax: 501-686-2585
Email:
bynumcarola@uams.edu
Network Partners:
Network partners include the tertiary care hub
center (20 sites) at UAMS in Little Rock, plus
34 rural hospitals, 7 Area Health Education
Centers, 2 community health centers, 1 county
health department, 90 schools, and 6 human development
centers. Additional health departments and hospitals
are being added this year.
Project Purpose: Expand existing
Telehealth network to include Tele-oncology
using the Wagner model for chronic disease.
The project links locally based rural providers,
the health care infrastructure and targeted
populations with evidence-based prevention,
screening, treatment and palliative care guidelines
for oncology. The project is extending specialty
oncology consultation services into rural areas
of South Arkansas, in addition to providing
continuing education for rural practitioners
and consumer education and cancer support programs
for the public.
Outcomes Expected: Improved
access to treatment and follow up for chronic
cancer conditions, strengthened referral patterns,
improved health care outcomes due to regular
and timely consultations with oncologist,
better informed provider and patient population,
increased rural and minority patient participation
in clinical trials. Implementation and progress
evaluation will be conducted using OAT GPRA
Performance Measures along with a 244-item data
form that is scanned into a Microsoft SQL server
database.
Service Area: Statewide service
area covers 50 counties, with a specific target
area of 10 counties and 11 sites for this project.
All 11 project sites are located in MUAs, including
8 Primary Medical Care HPSAs, 3 Dental HPSAs,
and 4 Mental Health HPSAs.
Services Provided: Dermatology, diabetes
care and management, high-risk obstetrics and
genetics, cardiology, neurology, endocrinology,
mental health, pediatrics, pharmacy, oncology,
continuing education, case conferences, and
public education, professional and public education
in cancer prevention, detection, and treatment.
The network has been operational since 1995.
New services offered this year to transplant
patients, including patients with acute complications
from transplants and wait list patients and
their families, include pre-operative education
and follow-up for transplant recipients in rural
areas.
Equipment: Polycom View Stations,
V-Tel 127 TCD, Tanberg, ELMO-400 document cameras,
otoscope, illuminator, colon fiberscope, ophthalmoscope,
stethoscope, dermascope, videophones, exam camera,
ultrasound, PAC system.
Transmission:
Fractional T1, ISDN, IP, H.323 and H.320.
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