Regional Medical Center at Lubec
43 S. Lubec Rd.
Lubec, ME 04652
Ron Emerson, RN, BSN
Ph: 207-287-4060
Fax: 207-287-3020
www.rmcl.org/
Network Partners: Nursing homes,
physicians’ offices, pain management specialist,
wound care specialist, allergist, dermatologist,
primary care providers, occupational specialist,
immunology, hospitals, State bureau of health,
and mental health counseling.
Project Purpose: To develop
an open architecture telemedicine network that
increases accessibility to services in six nursing
homes in rural Maine. This project will increase
connectivity between nursing homes and their
primary care providers and bring specialty services
previously not available to this population.
It will also increase communication between
family members and patients by use of POTS-based
videophones.
Outcomes Expected: This project
will work to develop a telemedicine system that
develops the following outcomes: approximate
the care received through in-person visits;
result in a substantially greater number
of rural patients getting appropriate diagnosis
and treatment; contribute to successful treatment
in a timely and cost effective manner; and provide
more effective teamwork between primary care
providers, specialist and patients. Nursing
homes GPRA documentation and evaluation forms
from
patients/providers will be collected.
Service Area: Nursing homes
and providers are geographically spread from
the Southern town of Biddeford, Maine, to the
Northern-most town in Maine, Frenchville. Under
this project, the following are MUAs and HPSAs:
Washington: 6 PC HPSAs, 5 DCPSAs, 3 MHPSAs,
9 MUAs; Aroostook: 10 PC HPSAs, 7DCPSAs, 4 MHPSAs,
6 MUAs; Androscoggin: 1 PC HPSA, 2 DCPSAs, 1
MHPSA, 3 MUAs.
Services Provided: Planned
services include primary care, wound care, pain
management, psychiatry, occupational health,
pulmonology, asthma/allergy and immunology.
Equipment: PolyCom (H.323)
and MP Viewstations with AMD 2500 hand held
cameras and AMD Care Companion Videophones.
Transmission: ISDN at 128K
to 384K over leased lines for video. POTS lines
for videophones. |
