New Mexico Human Services Department Leslie Tremaine, EdD
PO Box 2348
Santa Fe, NM 87504-2348

Barbara E. Footer, MS, RD
Ph: 505-827-6237
Fax: 505-827-3185
E-mail: barbara.footer@state.nm.us

Network Partners: University of New Mexico department of Psychiatry and Center for Telehealth, New Mexico Department of Health Office of School Health.

Project Purpose: Improve access to Behavioral Health (BH) services for children/youth in rural NM through up to 5 SBHCs and collaboration with other state/telehealth partners. Expand training in the BH workforce through specialized distance education provided by a consortium of higher educational institutions. Improve local BH planning through the use of telehealth technology. Develop an inter-agency datasharing infrastructure for collaborative policy, planning, and contract management.

Outcomes Expected: Increase the number of adolescents being identified and treated for depression (Columbia TeenScreen and NM Depression Identification and Treatment Protocol). Increase the number of trained BH
professionals in rural/frontier areas of NM. Improve local BH planning and services to address local disparities in access, quality, and outcomes. Improve the integration and efficiency of inter-agency BH information.

Service Area: Statewide.

Services Provided: Direct: mental health services, to include depression screening and treatment for adolescents, will be implemented over the next year. Indirect: distance learning curricula will be developed/delivered; rural
Local Collaboratives (LCs) will receive technology support; data integration will occur to better support BH Collaborative operations.

Equipment: For 3 sites: Polycom Video Systems, Sony TV monitors, and Cisco Routers (T1 w/VPM-Firewall). Equipment and technology assistance will be provided to LCs, per individual RFPs, based on each LCsidentified technology needs.

Transmission: For 3 sites: T1/DS1 lines; for 2 sites: Checs Backbone 1MB.

Telehealth Program
MSC09 5220, 1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
hsc.unm.edu/touch/

Dale Alverson, MD
Bob Coulter
Ph: 505-272-8633
Fax: 505-272-0800

E-mail: dalverson@salud.unm.edu

Network Partners: The University of New Mexico School of Medicine, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Maui High Performance Computing Center, The UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center, The UNM Center for High Performance Computing, Northern Navajo Medical
Center, Maui Community College.

Project Purpose: A research project that attempts to determine whether an integrated, collaborative, interactive immersive virtual environment can enhance human comprehension, learning, training, and performance as compared to more traditional methods. It is designed to demonstrate the feasibility of employing advanced computing methods, such as virtual reality, multipoint simultaneous telecommunications, computer generated volumetric imaging and graphics allowing manipulation and computer generated and governed patient simulation, to enhance educational outcomes.

Outcomes Expected:

• Enhance the problem-based experiential learning approach within a medical education curriculum - Comparative evaluation using standardized evaluation tools
• Increase consistency in medical student education independent of location - Comparative evaluation using standardized evaluation tools
• Assess impact of using integrated technologies and environments on learning and performance outcomes - Comparative evaluation using standardized evaluation tools

Service Area: The states of New Mexico and Hawaii are involved in this research project. Since this is a research project, the traditional service area definition does not apply. Hawaii and New Mexico face similar challenges in providing and delivering services and training to remote and rural areas. Both states must deal with common challenges such as barriers to healthcare access (water in Hawaii, land in New Mexico), unique indigenous populations, large multicultural and minority populations, and isolation of healthcare professionals and students/trainees in remote settings

Services Provided: Not Applicable. This is a research project; the traditional service provided definition does not apply. This project was a four-year research project.

Equipment: Not Applicable. This is a research project; the traditional Telehealth equipment definition does not apply. Graphic design tools, high performance computers, 3-dimensional visual equipment, haptics devices, and other computational equipment for Distributed Virtual Reality.

Transmission: Not Applicable. This is a research project; the traditional method of transmission does not apply. Internet2 is the primary network involved in the research.

School of Medicine/Pediatrics/Center for Development and Disability Cate
2300 Menaul Blvd., NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107-1851
cdd.unm.edu/ec/REACH

McClain, MD
Sandy Heimerl, MS, PT
Ph: 505-272-0096
Fax : 505-272-0396
E-mail : sheimerl@salud.unm.edu

Network Partners: UNM Center for Telehealth (Albuquerque), Hidalgo Medical Services (Lordsburg), Tresco (Las Cruces), Zia Therapy (Alamogordo), CARC (Carlsbad), LifeQuest (Silver City & Deming), Tobosa Developmental Services/Los Pasitos (Roswell), New Vistas (Las Vegas), Growing in Beauty
(Farmington), PMS Roundtree (Farmington), DSI/ELS (Gallup).

Project Purpose: Improve healthcare outcomes for young children who demonstrate developmental issues, as well as their families and the providers who serve them by improving accessibility, providing needed ongoing
consultation and training, and by cutting cost for families and providers who do not have to travel to distant tertiary centers of expertise.

Outcomes Expected: 1) Provide accessible and on-going developmental specialty care to young children, their families and providers; 2) Expand and improve the quality of information and training to providers and families; and
3) Link providers and families statewide to share information/resources. Tools include client/provider, trainee/trainer pre- and post-satisfaction surveys (Likert Scales); videotechnology evaluations that quantify usage of services provided; cost comparison of telehealth vs. traditional service provision; and
documenting travel cost savings.

Service Area: Fifteen counties in rural New Mexico. Nine of the counties are full HPSAs, three are partial HPSA, 11 are MUA, three are partial MUA, and 11 are mental health HPSA.

Services Provided: Developmental clinical services including assessment, consultation and technical assistance, and distance learning to health care providers, educational providers and families of young children with
developmental disabilities.

Equipment: Polycom Viewstation FX videoconferencing units, 5 Leadtek TeleEye and 8 StarView videophones.

Transmission: ISDN H.320, IP H.323 for videoconferencing, POTS H.324 for videophones.