Overview
Grants Overview
NEW MEXICO, Santa Fe County
New Mexico Tele-Behavioral Health Improvement Project
New Mexico Human Services Department
CMP FY 05
New Mexico Human Services Department
HSD/BH/South Park
PO Box 2348
Santa Fe, NM 87504-2348
www.bhc.state.nm.us
Barbara E. Footer, MS, RD
Ph: 505-827-6237
Fax: 505-476-7183
Email: 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.
- Expand training in the BH workforce through specialized distance education.
- Improve local BH planning through the use of telehealth technology.
- Develop an inter-agency data-sharing infrastructure for collaborative policy, planning, and contract management.
Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:
Telehealth equipment has been installed and connectivity established for a number of School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs). Local BH planning to address local disparities in access, quality, and outcomes of the behavioral health delivery system has been improved. Integration and efficiency of inter-agency BH data and information has begun.
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:
Polycam Video Systems, Sony TV monitors, and Cisco Routers (T1 w/VPM-Firewall).
Equipment and technology assistance has been provided to Local Collaboratives.
Transmission:
T1/DS1 lines; Checs Backbone 1MB.
NEW MEXICO, Bernallilo County
Rural Health Telemedicine Program
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
RTGP FY 97-99, TNGP FY 03-05
School of Medicine/Pediatrics/Center for Development and Disability
2300 Menaul Blvd., NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107-1851
http://cdd.unm.edu/ec/REACH
Cate McClain, MD
Sandy Heimerl, MS, PT
Ph: 505-272-0096
Fax: 505-272-0386
Email: sheimerl@salud.unm.edu
Network Partners:
UNM Center for Telehealth (Albuquerque), Hidalgo Medical Services (Lordsburg), Tresco (Las Cruces), Zia Therapy (Alamogordo), CARC (Carlsbad), New Vistas (Las Vegas), Tobosa Developmental Services/Los Pasitos (Roswell), Growing in Beauty (Farmington), Roundtree (Farmington), DSI (Gallop), LifeQuest (Silver City).
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/Project Accomplishments:
- Provided developmental specialty care to young children, their families, and providers;
- Expanded and improved the quality of information and training to providers and families; and
- Linked providers statewide to share information/resources. Tools: Pre-Post Satisfaction Survey (Likert Scales), Cost comparison of Telehealth vs. traditional service provision; document travel cost savings.
Service Area:
Thirteen counties in rural New Mexico. Ten of the counties are full HPSAs, 11 are MUA, and 11 are mental health HPSA.
Services Provided:
Developmental clinical services (SLP, OT, PT, Psych, Peds, Nutrition, Special Education) 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 videoconferencing units, 5 Leadtek TeleEye and 8 StarView videophones; Desktop systems-2 laptops, 4 sets PVX software, microphones and cameras.
Transmission:
ISDN H.320, IP H.323 for videoconferencing, POTS H.324 for videophones.
