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Clarian Health Partners
1633 North Capitol Avenue
www.rileyhospital.org/document.jsp?locid=2404
Richard Helsper
Greg Beck, MHA
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Ph: 317-962-2188
Fax: 317-962-6297
E-mail: gbeck@clarian.org
Network Partners: Bedford Regional
Hospital, Bedford, IN; Deaconess Hospital, Evansville,
IN Union Hospital & Health System, Terre
Haute, IN; Memorial Hospital, South Bend, IN;
Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN.
Project Purpose: Enable and
enhance the provision of specialty healthcare
to children throughout Indiana. Provide an infrastructure
to promote continuing medical education among
providers across Indiana. Maximize outreach
providers’ clinical time and reduce patient
wait times for specialty services. Support the
advancement of telemedicine policy and reimbursement
in Indiana.
Outcomes Expected: Reduce the
wait time for Indiana children to see a specialist.
Decrease travel expenses for families and providers
and Indiana Medicaid.
Service Area: Spoke telemedicine
clinics are located in the following counties:
Lawrence County, IN; Vanderburgh County, IN;
Vigo County, IN; St. Joseph County, IN; Allen
County, IN. We have provided services to patients
from 15 additional counties across Indiana.
Services Provided: Riley Connections
has operated since September 2003. Consultations
are provided in adolescent psychiatry, pediatric
urology, pediatric endocrinology, pediatric
dermatology, oncology, cystic fibrosis related
diabetes, and diabetes disease management. File
transfer services are performed for pediatric
EEGs and pulmonary sleep studies. 9 Continuing
Medical Education events are broadcast
weekly.
Equipment: 5 Tandberg 2500
video codec conferencing carts, 4 Tandberg 550
video conferencing carts, 4 digital stethoscopes
(AMD 3550), 3 general exam cameras (AMD 2550),
4 Compaq notebook computers, 2 Fuji FinePix
E550 Digital Cameras.
Transmission: Dedicated T-1
Lines between Clarian Health Partners and Deaconess
Hospital, Bedford Regional Hospital, and Union
Hospital. Internet IP video to Memorial Hospital
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Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion
County Thomas Kuster, CNMT
Grants Department
3838 N. Rural St.
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Catherine Parker, RD, MPA Ph: 317-221-2468
Fax: 317-221-2020
E-mail: cparker@hhcorp.org
Network Partners: N/A.
Project Purpose: To enhance
Wishard Health Services (WHS) physician, staff
and patient access to and satisfaction with
radiology images and reports through the use
of the Picture Archive Communications System
(PACS). This project is an upgrade to an existing
system in effort to become a “filmless”
radiology department.
Outcomes Expected: Increased physician
usage and satisfaction of/with PACS. Increased
staff satisfaction with PACS. Have one year’s
worth of images stored in cache (immediate retrieval).
This will be monitored via
system user surveys.
Service Area: Marion County
(Indianapolis), Indiana. Approximately twelve
HPSAs served by grant project. Services Provided:
The WHC PACS system has been in place since
1998 and supports all modalities of Radiology
including Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Medicine,Ultrasound
and Diagnostic X-ray.
Equipment:
1 Oracle server; 2 network gateways; 2 tape
archives; 2 archive servers; 1 Web server; 25
radiology review stations; administrative workstation.
Transmission: Broadband LAN
throughout hospital with Internet access for
radiologists and referring physicians outside
of hospital.
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