Telehealth Grantee Directory

Network Partners:

INTEGRIS Health entities include: Southwest Medical Center's Stroke Center of Oklahoma, Baptist Medical Center, INTEGRIS Heart Hospital, Mental Health, Samaritan Home Health and Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Hospital. Lindsey Municipal Hospital, Rural Public Schools of Stringtown, Boise City, Tyrone, Goodwell, Milburn, Keyes, and Felt. Evident Telehealth.

Project Purpose:

INTEGRIS TeleHealth will improve the health of the people and the communities we serve by expanding the community of medical and community-based practice through the use of telehealth. We will provide allied health teletherapy to rural school students and patients with disabilities. We will also facilitate emergent management of rural neurological and psychiatric patients as well as promoting home health telemonitoring for patients with chronic diseases.

Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:

1. Increase access to quality health care services and disease management for rural residents with chronic diseases;
2. Establish a working relationship with rural EDs across western and central Oklahoma in order to increase awareness of stroke and promote evidence-based treatments;
3. Provide rural EDs assistance with telemobile assessment of psychiatric patients; and
4. Collect and disseminate clinical outcome data as well as related costs/cost savings.

Service Area:

The following counties are being served: Alfalfa, Atoka, Canadian, Cimarron, Comanche, Garfield, Garvin, Johnston, Kay, Major, Oklahoma, Texas, and Woods, with potential for other western and central Oklahoma counties that are medically underserved and have health care provider shortages.

Services Provided:

INTEGRIS Telehealth Network has been in operation since 1993 when a network between rural and metropolitan hospitals and clinics was built. We provide services in chronic disease management, wound care, mental health, neurology, home care, rehabilitation, speech pathology, physical therapy, continuing education for physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals.

Equipment:

INTEGRIS Telehealth Network has 10 Polycom or Tandberg Videoconferencing systems in the Oklahoma City metro area between 3 facilities and 8 videoconferencing systems at 8 rural facilities, approximately 140 POTS video phones in clinics and homes w/peripheral equipment, and 70 home monitoring systems for diabetes, wound care, stroke, COPD, and CHF.

Transmission:

Full ATM between INTEGRIS metro facilities and remote rural hospitals and clinics, POTS to homes, clinics, long term care facilities as well as Internet for home monitoring and medical staff forpatient education.

Network Partners:

• Oklahoma State University Telemedicine, Education and Training Center (Tulsa, OK)
• Oklahoma Office of Rural Health (Oklahoma City, OK)
• Oklahoma Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), potential CAHs and other rural health providers.

Project Purpose:

The OSU Rural Health Center, the Oklahoma Office of Rural Health (the "OORH", and the OSU Telemedicine Center hope to make subspecialty services more accessible to rural citizens by providing such services to them via telemedicine technology. Specifically, we hope to expand access to healthcare services available through rural hospitals in cardiology, radiology, and ear, nose, and throat. The OSU Rural Health Center is also requesting funding to support telemedicine staff who will help locate sites that maximize telemedicine utilization, install technology, and provide technical support for telemedicine visits.

Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:

• Primary care physicians will be able to acquire specialty consultation.
• Radiologists and cardiologists will be able to provide diagnosis for patients.
• Orthopedic consultations will be possible from remote sites.
• Dermatology consultation and treatment plans will be provided to rural patients.
• Medical records can be transported quickly and securely via the network.
• Rural community hospitals will share expensive diagnostic equipment.
• Mental health diagnostic and treatment services will be available via the network.

Service Area:

Statewide, potentially representing 72 counties, including 5 HPSAs, 16 MUAs, and 18 counties that are both HPSA and MUA classified. Final number will be much smaller as there are only enough funds for so many sites. 8 MUAs, 2 HPSAs are currently being serviced by the 26 sites.

Services Provided:

Since September, 2001, the OSU Center for Rural Health has helped coordinate the following services: Cardiology, Radiology, Orthopedics, Mental Health, Wound Care, General Health Care, Physical Therapy, Emergency Room monitoring and Continuing Medical Education.

Equipment:

Polycom video conferencing, AMD otoscope, SmartSteth devices, Vidar Digitizer, and e-Film software.

Transmission:

Full T1, Internet.