Overview
Grants Overview
Alabama, Mobile County
Center for Strategic Health Innovation Traditional Telemedicine
University of South Alabama
CMP FY 00, 04
Center for Strategic Health Innovation
307 University Boulevard N., HSB 1100
Mobile, AL 36688
www.cshi.southalabama.edu
Carl W. Taylor
Ph: 251-461-1805
Fax: 251-461-1819
Email: cwtaylor@usouthal.edu
Network Partners:
- University of South Alabama Health System
- Alabama Department of Public Health
- Southwest Alabama Abuse Network (SWAN)
- Baptist Health System
- Rural Hospitals
Project Purpose:
Grant funding of this project ended February 2006. The program mission was to extend medical education and clinical outreach services to rural care delivery sites and to provide a network to support the medical and educational activity needs of our partners.
Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:
During this project period, the CSHI traditional telemedicine program was able to provide a variety of traditional telemedicine consults as well as numerous educational healthcare programs for remote facilities.
Service Area:
Primary service areas included six rural hospitals, one Public Health Clinic, one state Public Health Department, two non-health institutions and four urban hospitals.
Services Provided:
Services provided included, but were not limited to traditional telemedicine services for Children’s Sexual Abuse and Psychiatric examinations, Peer Review through the SWAN network, HIV patient examinations, and videoconferencing sites.
Equipment:
Included traditional telemedicine equipment using legacy apparatus such as Polycom, RX Rovers, Polycom Bridge, and patient exam units utilizing AMD peripherals.
Transmission:
IP and ISDN transmission with PRI access to statewide video. Desktop platform utilizing DSL platform or better.
Alabama, Mobile County
Realtime Medical Electronic Data Exchange (RMEDE) Project
University of South Alabama
CMP FY02, 03, 04, 05
Center for Strategic Health Innovation
307 University Boulevard N., HSB 1100
Mobile, AL 36688
www.cshi.southalabama.edu
Carl W. Taylor
Ph: 251-461-1805
Fax: 251-461-1819
Email: cwtaylor@usouthal.edu
Network Partners:
- University of South Alabama Health System
- Alabama Department of Public Health
- Alabama State Medicaid Agency
Project Purpose:
RMEDE builds upon the home monitoring BioTrac program by integrating home health monitoring data with claims data to create a true 360-degree view of the patient's health. A virtual medical record (VMR) is created providing detailed information about the patient from multiple accessible data sources that otherwise are not available to the provider. This project also studies patient claims information and proposes to deliver outcome-oriented results in an effort to improve the dual bottom lines of quality and cost improvement in rural health care throughout the state.
Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:
The RMEDE project strives to not only develop an application to improve patient outcome and reduce healthcare costs, but also to apply these across a broad, statewide patient population and physician base. In order to accomplish this statewide application, USA CSHI works collaboratively with the Medicaid Patient 1st program Physician Advisory Panel. The RMEDE proprietary software develops a Combined Health Score (CHS) which is a unique collective statement linking the quality of the provider to the response and compliance of the patient. Over time, it is anticipated that this CHS will be a far better predictor of patient health than quality of care alone.
Service Area:
The RMEDE project has a statewide reach for Medicaid providers. Of these, 58 providers have patients participating in the home monitoring program.
Services Provided:
Services provided include a VMR with home health monitoring of patients suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes, congestive heart failure, and hypertension.
Equipment:
Cybernet Medical MedStar monitoring units with A & D Medical peripherals.
Transmission:
Home monitoring utilizes Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) with Internet access at the project site and at each provider's location.
