Telehealth Grantee Directory

Network Partners:

This network was formed in 1995 and grown to 14 Nebraska project partners and 4 Kansas partners, adding 3 additional teletrauma/telepsych partners in the next year. Patients served between 1 OCT 05-30 SEP 06: 668; estimated number of patients to be served between 1 OCT 06-30 SEP 07: 675; patient encounters between 1 OCT 05-30 SEP 06: 1449; estimated number of patient encounters between 1 OCT 06-30 SEP 07: 1450.

Project Purpose:

Expand Teletrauma from 8 to 16 sites, improve outcomes for inpatient adolescents by providing weekly family therapy sessions, provide pediatric behavior health clinic consults, provide access for mental health counseling for the deaf, provide family risk assessment for hereditary cancer to high risk patients, expand the EMS training certification, provide education, training and team meetings for child abuse teams across the state, provide Spanish interpretation.

Outcomes Expected:

Program data collection is built around the key concepts of clinical effectiveness, use of the system and cost-effectiveness. Nebraska Public Service Commission/Nebraska Hospital Telehealth Network Patient/Provider Satisfaction (measure) -surveys (tool), Quantify Patient Usage of Services Provided (measure) - OAT GPRA Performance Measure (tool).

Service Area:

Good Samaritan Hospital, Richard Young Hospital: Buffalo & all 27 counties: Jennie M. Melham Memorial Ctr.: Custer, Logan, Thomas, Loup; Callaway District Hospital: Custer, Logan; Tri-Valley Health Systems: Furnas, Frontier; Cozad Community Hospital: Dawson, Gosper; Gothenburg Memorial Hospital: Dawson, Lincoln; Valley County Hospital: Valley, Garfield; Dundy County Hospital: Dundy, Hitchcock, Chase; Rock County Hospital: Rock, Holt; Franklin County Hospital: Franklin; Chase County Hospital: Chase, Dundy, Hayes, Perkins; Brown County Hospital: Brown, Blaine; Webster County Hospital: Webster, Brown; St. Anthony's Hospital: Holt; Kearney County Health Services: Kearney; KS: Norton County Hospital: Norton, Decatur, Phillips, Graham; Phillips County Hospital: Phillips, Norton, Smith, Rooks; Jewell County Hospital: Jewell; Smith County Memorial Hospital: Smith. Add: Tri-County Hospital: Gosper, Dawson; Phelps Memorial: Phelps, Harlan; McCook Community: Red Willow.

Services Provided:

Mental health, emergency mental health, deaf & genetics counseling, cardiology, teletrauma, infectious disease, geriatric assessment, neurology, oncology, orthopedics, occupational therapy, hospice, diabetic education, nutrition, speech pathology, wound ostomy care, teleradiology, domestic/child abuse interviewing, professional and community education, Spanish interpreting.

Equipment:

Remote sites: 30 Polycom videoconferencing systems; 6 Starviews within the system. At the GSH sites, 17 Polycoms, Video Server Bridge, Accord Network Bridge, AMD Otoscopes, AMD Stethoscopes. Vendors used: Wire One & SKC.

Transmission:

T1 lines to all MNTN network hospitals and ISDN capabilities. Internet access provided via UNMC.