Diabetes
Screening Telehealth Project
Morehouse School of Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine
720 Westview Drive
Atlanta, GA 30310 www.msm.edu
Eric L. Jackson
Ph: 404-752-1786
Fax: 404-752-1971
Email: elj@msm.edu
Network Partners: Oakhurst
Medical Center, Dr. Carmen Wilson: Ophthalmologist,
National Center for Primary Care (NCPC), SERCN
Community Health Center Sites, Division of Information
Technology Services (DITS), and Southeastern
Universities Research Association, Inc. (SURA).
Project Purpose: To establish
the technical infrastructure necessary to allow
for communication of public health information,
continuing medical education, and distance learning
to the broadest audience possible.
To design a training program for health care
professionals aimed at achieving optimal health
outcomes through evidence based care, use of
common communications technology, and health
system change to
promote effective delivery of patient centered
care. To train nurses to obtain and electronically
transmit digital retinal images and photographs
to an ophthalmologist.
Outcomes Expected: Ability
to deliver web based video programs to every
CHC organization, beginning with the Southeast
Cluster (eight States of Region IV). Broadcast
the entire program of large conferences held
at the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse
School of Medicine, including the Annual Morehouse
Primary Care and Prevention Conference. Broadcast
HRSA-sponsored conferences such as the Annual
Primary Care Consortium meetings and the East
Coast Migrant Stream Forum. Improved access
to eye screening using a digital retinal camera
will lead to the early detection of ocular complications
in diabetic patients.
Service Area: The CME/Training
content delivery network serves the southeastern
United States. The Diabetes pilot takes place
at Oakhurst Medical Center, Morehouse Medical
Associates, and the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Services Provided: Digital
retinal images will be obtained and transmitted
in real time for interpretation. Dr Wilson interprets
the images and provides an assessment &
treatment plan to the primary care provider.
Any severe abnormalities such as retinal detachments,
requiring acute treatment are referred.
Equipment: Sonic Foundry Mediasite
Streaming server, Cisco IP/TV, Tandberg Health
Care System III, Cisco MCU, Cisco ISDN/IP Gateway,
Movaz CWDM Optical Switch. One Nidek Digital
Fundus Camera,
NAVIS Screener Patient Database Imaging Software,
eye lane equipment.
Transmission: ISDN Lines and
Metropolitan Ethernet.
Rural Health Telemedicine Grant Program
Ware County Health Departmenttop
Ware County Health Department
Southeast Health Unit
1101 Church Street
Waycross, GA 31501
Network Partners: Ware County
Health Department, Medical College of Georgia,
Memorial Health University Medical Center, Grady
Health System, Georgia Department of Human Resources,
Wayne, Toombs, Bulloch, and Coffee Wellness
Centers, Coffee Regional Medical Center, Coffee
County Health Department, Bulloch County Health
Department, Appling County Health Department,
Tattnall County District Health Office,
Children’s Medical Services, DAISY Clinic,
Southeast Health District WIC Program.
Project Purpose: To impact
health care provision through improved access,
quality, and availability. The project established
a critical service link for children with special
health care needs and has now embarked on program
changes to implement the same necessary health
care for clients with HIV/AIDS. The project
will also focus on completion of a distance
learning system for use in the 16 county public
health area.
Outcomes Expected:
Improved
perinatal health outcomes.
Decrease in travel costs.
Increase in number of specialty health care
services provided locally.
Increase in utilization of telehealth equipment
by rural public health staff.
Establishment of coordinated telehealth activities
with other public and private telehealth systems.
Program
sustainability post OAT funding.
Service Area: The service area
is comprised of 16 rural public health counties
in Southeast Georgia. The area is roughly the
size of the state of Massachusetts that is made
of predominantly medically underserved towns.
Services Provided: Children
with Special Needs clinics provided through
the program include genetics, asthma/allergy,
sickle cell. Primary care for HIV/AIDS clients
are provided at 4 Wellness Centers with a 5th
center to be added by 1/06. The perinatal health
clinic provides Level II ultrasound, genetics
counseling, and OB services.
Equipment: Polycom iPower 970
videoconferencing units are located in 2 sites,
Polycom 9400 in 16 sites and the new Polycom
7000 is located in one site.
Transmission: All Wide Area
Network (WAN) connections are T1 dedicated private
line data circuits.
3.3 MB)
