Healthcare
and Emergency Awareness Response for Telehealth
(HEART) Phase II
Advanced Technology Institute (ATI)
Advanced Technology Institute (ATI)
5300 International Blvd.
N. Charleston, South Carolina 29418 www.aticorp.org/hc.htm
Joseph Jones
Ph: 843-760-3649
Fax: 843-207-5458
Email: jones@aticorp.org
Network Partners: CareSouth
Carolina (six locations), Family Health Centers,
Inc., St. James-Santee Family Health Center,
Healthcare Outreach, Joslin Diabetes Center,
and Estenda Solutions, Inc.
Project Purpose: The purpose
of the HEART Program (Phase II) is to establish
and evaluate telehealth technology to address
the need to manage diabetes in rural and underserved
areas. The HEART Program disease management
goals are to:
Examine and implement Intelligent Care
Management (ICM) technologies.
Identify extensions to ICM technology to
support care management for other related
chronic diseases.
Identify diabetic retinopathy diagnostic
procedures that meet the needs for care delivery
in Community Health Centers (CHCs).
Outcomes Expected: The outcome
of this program will be an expanded use of telehealth
technology to improve the quality of diabetes
care, increase wellness initiatives and reduce
the adverse impact of diabetes for patients
served by Community Health Centers (CHCs).
Service Area: 8 rural and
underserved counties in South Carolina.
Services Provided: Providing
services in identifying CHC requirements, conducting
diagnostic procedures and implementing diabetes
disease management initiatives.
Equipment: Videoconference
equipment from Tandberg and Polycom. Topcon
and Canon Non-Mydriatic Fundus Cameras, Comprehensive
Diabetes Management Program (CDMP) technology
and home telehealth equipment as appropriate.
Transmission: T1, DSL, and
cable modem.
South Carolina Prostate Cancer/Telehealth
Project
Beaufort-Jaspert-Hampton Comprehensive Health
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Network Partners: The Institute
for Cancer Prevention, The Urology Group, Wirefree
Network Services.
Project Purpose: Bring translational
research in prostate cancer from Institute for
Cancer Prevention (IFCP) in New York City to
rural, underserved men in the Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton
Comprehensive Health Services (BJHCHS) service
area in South Carolina to enhance the understanding
of hormonal, nutritional and lifestyle factors
that increase the risk of prostate cancer in
aging males.
Outcomes Expected: Increase
screening and education of men ages 20-89 to
help identify those who may be at risk for prostate
cancer. By collecting information from men in
this age group, researchers in New York gain
knowledge of risk factors for prostate cancer,
and using the data collected, can initiate clinic
trial interventions that will continue to expand
the base of knowledge pertaining to prostate
cancer.
Service Area: The South Carolina
Prostate Cancer/Telehealth Project will serve
men ages 20-89 in Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton
counties.
Services Provided: All eligible
men receive an annual clinical prostate exam,
including a digital rectal exam, Blood analysis
(PSA, Lipids, Testosterone), nutritional and
lifestyle assessment and ongoing lifestyle educational
programs.
Equipment: PolyCom Video
conferencing equipment including Polycom Viavideo,
Dell servers, Cisco routers (2611, 3600).
Transmission: Full T1, Internet,
128-bit encryption tunnel through Citrix Metaframe
XP, VPN.
ICU Telemedicine Project
Greenville Hospital System top
Greenville Hospital System
701 Grove Road
Greenville, SC 29605 www.ghs.org/
Project Purpose: An electronic
ICU network enables clinical management of intensive
care patients by physician intensivists and
critical care nurses working from a central
monitoring station. Physicians and nurses use
real-time video and audio, electronic stethoscopes
and advanced life-monitoring equipment to assess,
treat and monitor ICU patients at four Greenville
Hospital System campuses. The network leverages
the limited number of intensivists by expanding
coverage from Greenville Memorial Hospital to
three satellite hospitals. Quality of clinical
process will be improved, variation in outcomes
reduced, and costs reduced.
Outcomes Expected: Equipment
installed and working properly. May evaluate
extension of standardized care processes to
more patients, decreased ICU mortality, decreased
length of stay in ICU and floor, and cost reduction
from remaining ICU days.
Service Area: 10 counties
in the Upstate area of South Carolina, including
Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens,
Spartanburg counties.
Equipment: 8 eICU eCareManager
HIS/PACS workstations. 116 high-resolution video
zoom cameras, microphones, speakers, and bedside
monitors in patient rooms. Data Center of eVantage
Production, Test Server Rack, and hospital HIS,
ADT, Lab, and PACS systems.
Transmission: Internet, ASP
hosted source and VISICU VPN Access.
Developing
a Telehealth Infrastructure to Address Health
Disparities Through
Education and Training
Voorhees College top
Voorhees
College Telehealth Network
PO Box 678
Denmark, SC 29042 www.voorhees.edu
Network Partners: Arnold
School of Public Health of the University of
South Carolina, Columbia, SC; Medical University
of South Carolina, Charleston; Family Health
Centers, Inc., Orangeburg.
Project Purpose: A telehealth
infrastructure will be developed to address
health disparities in rural South Carolina.
Partners will assist in conducting health seminars
and workshops for rural residents and students
at a distance. Telehealth technology will also
be employed by Voorhees College to deliver a
Healthy Living Course to two off-campus sites.
Outcomes Expected: A two-credit
Healthy Living course to be offered to 50 off-campus
adult students and 60 on-campus students (pre-
and post- testing); 6 health-related seminars
and workshops will be conducted at various sites
(evaluation of instructor and student satisfaction
survey).
Service Area: South Carolina
Counties: Bamberg, Barnwell, Charleston, Lexington,
Orangeburg, and Richland.
Services Provided: Will provide
education and training programs to help eliminate
health disparities.
Equipment: At all 3 sites
(main and two remote): 1 WiredRed videoconferencing
instruction/collaboration system (WebCall sound
management equipment, two video workstations
with pan/scan and whole room cameras); and 5
client videoconferencing units for remote participants
(webcams and microphone headsets). At the main
site: 1 Dell server with WiredRed videoconferencing
software.
Transmission: 1 Full T1 line
at the main site for static VPN with remote
sites. Business-grade broadband service at the
two remote locations for dedicated VPN with
main site. Remote participants utilize existing
connectivity for client units (POTS, DSL, Cable).
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