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Missouri Telehealth Network
2401 Lemone Industrial Blvd, DC 345.00
Columbia, MO 65212
www.telehealth.muhealth.org
Weldon Webb, MA
Ph: 573-884-7958
Fax: 573-882-5666
Email: webb@health.missouri.edu
Network Partners: University
of Missouri Health Care (21 sites) MU Behavioral
Health Services (7 sites) Capital Region Medical
Center (3 Sites)
Project Purpose: To enhance
access to care in underserved areas of Missouri
through interactive videoconferencing technologies,
electronic medical instruments and a teleradiology
system; to provide educational programs for
healthcare providers; to further homeland security
efforts related to disaster preparedness; to
be available in the event of a disaster; and
to provide research
opportunities for clinicians wanting to study
telehealth.
Outcomes Expected: Basic
patient demographic and billing information
is collected. One patient satisfaction question
is asked on a Likert type scale and information
regarding the distance between the telehealth
site and MU Health Care is recorded.
Service Area: The service
area covered by the network includes 27 Missouri
counties. Three counties are considered urban.
Thirteen counties are designated as geographic
HPSAs for either primary care, mental health
or
dental. The rural counties account for approximately
11% of Missouri’s population.
Services Provided: The network
started providing educational and clinical services
in 1995. In addition to CME programming, core
clinical services include mental health, dermatology,
cardiology, child health, neurology, radiology,
surgical follow-up, pre-operative workups, burn
care, autism, and children with special health
care needs.
Equipment: Polycom videoconferencing
systems, Polycom multipoint control unit, JedMed
video scopes, Elmo and Cannon video cameras
for dermatology, Kodak teleradiology scanners,
Elmo documentcameras, Cardionics Simulscope
system.
Transmission: T1 Frame Relay
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