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Center for Distance Health

Center for Distance Health. Telemedicine at UAMS. Presented By: Julie Hall-Barrow, EdD. CDH Presentation Objectives. Overview Review of Projects & Initiatives Results in 2007 Conclusion. Global Healthcare. Age of the internet Patients communicate globally Greater education

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Center for Distance Health

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  1. CenterforDistance Health Telemedicine at UAMS Presented By: Julie Hall-Barrow, EdD

  2. CDH Presentation Objectives • Overview • Review of Projects & Initiatives • Results in 2007 • Conclusion

  3. Global Healthcare • Age of the internet • Patients communicate globally • Greater education • Age of information

  4. The age of information • Alter the doctor-patient relationship • Change disease management

  5. New World of Healthcare • global healthcare • global providership • information technology • Internet • telemedicine

  6. Modern Healthcare Industry • Acuity is rising • Length of stay is decreasing • Traditional inpatients now becoming outpatients • Technology's role is ever increasing Porter-O'Grady T Of hubris and hope: transforming nursing for a new age. Nurs Econ. 2003;21 (2):59-64.

  7. Future Healthcare • What are the trends? • What are the barriers? • What activities do we need to pursue? • How must we prepare culturally and physically to succeed? • What are the drivers and the vehicles for change?

  8. Technology is Fundamental Information technology and communication via the Internet is not to be mistaken as a competitive advantage of a healthcare organization, but rather, a fundamental commodity inherent in the delivery of healthcare now and in the future!

  9. Information Technology • Healthcare is investing • 18% of capital budget • Technology investment is now a requirement

  10. CDH Overview • The Center for Distance Health (CDH) is an innovative Center within the College of Medicine that allows the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to respond to the demands for dynamic, contemporary health care.

  11. Arkansas: A State of Emergency

  12. Arkansas: A State of Emergency

  13. Arkansas: A State of Emergency

  14. Arkansas: A State of Emergency

  15. 49th in Immunization Coverage 50th in Stroke Mortality Arkansas: A State of Emergency 49th in Per Capita Health Spending 46th in Premature Death 45th in Poor Mental Health Days 46th in Overall Health 40th in Prevalence of Smoking 44th in Cardiovascular Deaths 44th in Occupational Fatalities 41st in Infant Mortality 41st in Adequacy of Prenatal Care 41st in Lack of Health Insurance 44th in Poor Physical Health Days 44th in Obesity 43rd in Cancer Deaths United Health Foundation, 2006

  16. CDH Projects Current Projects Arkansas SAVES Prison Telemedicine Mental Health / Substance Abuse Train & Maintain UAMS Physician Call Center Forensic Psychiatry Telehealth KIDS Academic Services Merger In -Process CDH Telemedicine Training Center Trauma Network

  17. UAMS Telemedicine ClinicsInitiatives Current Projects Rehabilitation Hematology / Oncology Neurosurgery Neurology Cardiology Future Projects Geriatrics Interpreter Services

  18. ANGELS Projects Current Projects High-Risk Infant Monitoring Project Birth Wait ANGELS CAMP ANGEL Eye Child Advocacy Program Tele-Nursery Obesity Case Conferences Museum of Discovery Peds PLACE Tele-ER Future Projects Tele-PICU

  19. FCC Rural Health Care Pilot Program FCC supports UAMS to the sum of $4,217,688 in achieving the goals of consolidation, expansion, and management of the Arkansas Telehealth Network.

  20. Results In 2007 • In 2007 alone, CDH and ANGELS… • Performed 1,290 telemedicine consultations • Facilitated 720 high-risk maternal transports to the closest, • most appropriate hospital. • Administered evidence-based medication recommendations to 72% • of maternal transports that were not otherwise administering • best practices to its emergent, pregnant women. • Accepted and made 84,668 obstetrical support calls. • Held 52 obstetrical and 12 neonatal provider teleconferences reviewing • evidence-based guidelines with an average of 21 total attendees per • teleconference.

  21. CENTER forDISTANCEHEALTH

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