Overview
Grants Overview
KENTUCKY, Mercer County
PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System)
The James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital
CMP FY 05
The James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital
464 Linden Avenue
Harrodsburg, KY 40330
Earl J. Motzer, PhD
Ph: 859-733-4801
Fax: 859-734-5563
Email: emotzer@aol.com
Network Partners:
Dairyland Healthcare Solutions for demographic interchange.
Project Purpose:
To improve quality of service to our patients. To reduce necessary storage area for film and expedite location of previous studies.
Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:
Improved turn around times in diagnosis of Imaging studies, Improvements will be measured in time from start of procedure to physician diagnosis.
Service Area:
Mercer County.
Services Provided:
X-Ray, Mammography, Fluoroscopy, CT Scan, MRI, Ultrasound, Bone Density Studies.
Equipment:
GE and Shimadzu X-Ray equipment (static and portable), Siemens CT and MRI equipment, GE Mammography, Philips Ultrasound, Agfa Film Printers, QCT 3D Plus Bone Density Analyzer, Agfa CR Readers, PACS software/servers will be purchased from Agfa.
Transmission:
DSL with future upgrade to Fractional T-1
KENTUCKY, Estill County
Teleradiology Enhancement Project
Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital
CMP FY 05
Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital
60 Mercy Court
Irvine, KY 40336
Sharon Whitaker
Ph: 606-726-2106
Fax: 606-723-2951
Email: slwhitaker@marcumandwallace.org
Network Partners:
Lourdes Hospital
Project Purpose:
To continue to provide local access to radiology and echocardiology services to our rural community by utilizing telemedicine/teleradiology. All physicians who provide healthcare services to our hospital through private practice, specialty clinics, and emergency services will be linked to the project, which will expedite diagnosis and treatment. Actual number of patient encounters 1 OCT 05-30 SEP 06: 13,506.
Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:
Annual physician and patient satisfaction surveys-evaluating improvement of quality of radiology services. Quality review of turnaround time for radiology reports-decrease turnaround times. Radiologist peer review for quality interpretative services.
Service Area:
The hospital serves rural areas of Appalachia and eastern Kentucky, which incorporates six rural counties with a cumulative population of over 62,000 serving a total of seven MUA and six HPSA status communities. (Five of these counties are dependent on our hospital to provide their healthcare needs.)
Services Provided:
In 1959 Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital began operations as a healthcare facility. In 2000 the hospital received Critical Access Designation. The hospital provides radiology and echocardiography services to rural Appalachia and eastern Kentucky.
Equipment:
Software upgrade for Sonos 5500 echocardiography unit, Easylink license for attachment of additional imaging modalities such as an MRI, Web Browser for Internet access, three PACS viewing stations, and radiologist reading stations.
Transmission:
Full T-1 lines between facilities (Radiologists, Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital and Lourdes Hospital). Internet access for physician utilization to view procedures and reports.
KENTUCKY, Owen County
Information Technology Development and Improvement
New Horizons Health Systems, Inc.
CMP FY 05
New Horizons Health Systems, Inc.
330 Roland Avenue
Owenton, KY 40359
www.newhorizonsmedicalcenter.com
Bernard T. Poe, RPh
Ph: 502-484-3663
Fax: 502-484-2702
Email: berniepoe@hotmail.com
Network Partners:
N/A.
Project Purpose:
New Horizons Health Systems, Inc proposes to develop and implement an infrastructure of immediate medical technological information to assist in the delivery of emergency and primary healthcare services. The implementation of an electronic information system that is accessible by all patient providers will safeguard individual patient characteristics to ensure the highest quality of care for each patient.
Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:
The development and implementation of an electronic information system will allow physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals' access to a patient's electronic health record (EHR) and will allow these professional caregivers to exchange and analyze information easily, throughout the hospital and rural health clinics. Monthly surveys will substantiate the effectiveness of the electronic information system.
Service Area:
Six counties in Northern KY: Owen-MUA/HPSA, Gallatin-HPSA, Carroll-MUA/HPSA, Grant, Henry-Low Income HPSA, and Trimble-MUA. All areas are medically underserved in the mental health area of service.
Services Provided:
Since 2001 New Horizons Health Systems, Inc. has provided primary and emergency care to the citizens of Owen County and the surrounding areas. In addition, New Horizons Health System, Inc. offers acute medical surgical inpatient, outpatient, emergency and long term care, health education, health screening, wellness, rehabilitation, and appropriate research.
Equipment:
Server: IBM RS6000; Model: 7044; Type: 44P; Running IBM-AIX (equivalent to UNIX).
Transmission:
Current information systems are run on a UNIX based server. It is run with PACS utilizing HL7. HL7 is the highest level of the International Standards Organizations communications model for an Open Systems Interconnection. It also uses Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes.
KENTUCKY, Fayette
Improving Health Outcomes for Children in Rural Kentucky Schools
University of Kentucky Research Foundation - Kentucky TeleCare
RTGP 94-96, RTGP 97-99, TNGP FY 03-05
Kentucky TeleCare
K128 KY Clinic
740 S. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40536-0284
http://www.mc.uky.edu/kytelecare
James Norton, PhD
Rob Sprang, MBA
Ph: 859-257-6404
Fax: 859-257-2881
Email: rsprang@email.uky.edu
Network Partners:
The Kentucky TeleCare Network was created in 1993 at the University of Kentucky and reaches out to over 25 healthcare facilities across the state, including hub sites at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead and Lewis County Primary Care in Vanceburg. The network served over 1600 patients between 1 OCT 05 and 30 SEP 06 and is expected to serve over 1,800 patients in the following 1 year period.
Project Purpose:
Expand the Kentucky TeleCare Network to hospitals, primary care clinics and public school clinics to serve the needs of rural Kentuckians. Use the network to deliver clinical and educational programs that will have a significant impact on acute and chronic disease, helping reduce unnecessary transportation and providing needed care more quickly than would otherwise be possible.
Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:
Traditional clinics in public schools and primary care clinics for specialty services have helped reduce the number of patients who seek specialty care from primary care providers, and healthcare education of public school students has improved health awareness. A mobile telehealth van, serving coal mining facilities is helping improve patient compliance with medication and treatment.
Service Area:
University of Kentucky, Fayette County, Bath County Middle School, Carter County Primary Care, Menifee County Primary Care, Elliott County Primary Care, Olive Hill Elementary, Carter County, Lewis County Family Health, Lewis County High School, Tollesboro Family Health, Lewis County, Tollesboro Elementary School, Lewis County, Laurel Elementary School, Lewis County.
Services Provided:
The network provides educational programming, such as Grand Rounds, targeted, disease-specific education, Medical student and resident programs. Clinical services, including Pediatric Cardiology, Infectious Disease, Dermatology, Child and Adult Psychiatry, Pre and post operative visits, surgical specialty clinics, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology, primary care, Neurology, Memory Disorder Clinic.
Equipment:
The network utilizes Polycom endpoints, video bridges, firewall traversal devices and gatekeepers. Clinical equipment includes American TeleCare stethoscopes, camcorders and other specialty cameras.
Transmission:
T-1s connect endpoints to video bridges and bridges are connected by one or more T-1s.
