Telehealth Grantee Directory

Network Partners:

Gundersen Lutheran Medical System, Western Technical College, Viterbo University, Franciscan Healthcare, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Black River Falls Memorial Hospital, Tomah Memorial Hospital, Hess Memorial Hospital, Vernon Memorial Hospital, Prairie du Chien Memorial Hospital, Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative, Ho Chunk Health Care Center-Black River Falls and Ho Chunk House of Wellness-Baraboo, Reedsburg Area Medical Center, Moundview Memorial Hospital, Krohn Clinic, Mile Bluff Clinic, Tri-County Memorial, Boscobel Area Health Care.

Project Purpose:

Develop distance education partnerships among the Consortium's educational institutions, rural hospitals, and clinics. Focus is on delivery through interactive two-way video and Web-based health programs for health professions education and professional development.

Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:

Focus on:

1. Degree to which the project is able to address shortages in allied health personnel in the region;
2. The professional development and continuing education needs of health professionals throughout the region; and
3. Development of online courses in the health professions.

Measurement is by the quantification of attendance at/or participation in the respective programs.

Service Area:

Counties in which network participants are located include: Jackson, Monroe, LaCrosse, Vernon, Crawford, Sauk, and Juneau counties.

Services Provided:

Credit Courses, noncredit and CEU courses, certificate programs and special workshops for nursing and allied health professionals and students pursuing health careers, in addition, nursing lectureships.

Equipment:

Teaching Station with AMX room control that controls the video projector, visualizer, audio, and computer. Classrooms and lecture halls in the Health Science Center (opened 2000) were designed specifically for distance education.

Transmission:

In designated rooms there is access to ISDN, Video Over IP, DS-3 connections. Polycom Viewstation Bridge allows to connect multiple locations simultaneously. For line Interconnections, T1 is used.

Network Partners:

15 Physician Offices, 4 Dental Offices, 2 Skilled Nursing Facilities, 1 School, 1 County Jail, 1 Geriatric Education Center, 1 University School of Dentistry, 3 Food Manufacturers, 1 Indian Health Center.

Project Purpose:

Provide preventative dental and health services, dental and health case management, and public health services to address the needs of people with chronic conditions such as Diabetes in a variety of settings including the home, rural health clinics, and Native American health centers. Distance education will also be provided for health care professionals, patients, and their families in conjunction with the clinical services provided.

Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:

To increase the number of children and elderly who have access to dental services and participating in sealant programs by age 6 and 10. To provide preventative dental care or early oral health detection for residents of nursing homes. To decrease the delay in receiving timely retinal screening in high-risk populations. To increase the detection rate of hidden diabetic retinal damage in asymptomatic diabetic populations. To increase educational opportunities for communities in the areas of food safety. To increase access to timely referrals for suspected food contamination illnesses. To decrease the incidence of food contamination. To increase the safety of food production. To control the impact of food contamination by intrinsic, secondary, or intentional threat.

Service Area:

Rural and underserved areas in North Central Wisconsin. 8.7 percent of the population lives below the poverty level. 15 percent are disabled, 9.6 percent are a designated dental Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). The majority of the counties to be served are partial primary care HPSAs.

Services Provided:

Dermatology, Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Oncology, Cardiology, Speech Pathology, Nutrition-Diabetes Management, Nutrition-all others, Diabetes Management, Endocrinology, Burn Care, Neurology, Pulmonary Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Long Term Care, School TeleHealth, BACH, Cancer, Prostate, and Chronic Pain Support Group, Research Oncology, Home TeleHealth, Parkinson Clinic, EAP, Infectious Diseases, Occupational Medicine, Wound Therapy, ADHD Parenting Class, Anticoagulation Management, Nurse Triage, and Diabetes and Asthma Care Management, Pain Management, Food Safety, TelePathology, Palliative Care, Dentistry, Remote Monitoring.

Equipment:

Polycom network for patient sites and VCON products on the PC for providers. AMD patient peripherals, patient exam cameras = commercially available high-end video camcorders. Standard TV monitors/video switchers in exam rooms. Video bridge-ACCORD.

Transmission:

IP video at 512 kbps over proprietary lines, IP video at 384 kbps over proprietary lines, ISDN video at 384 kbps over leased lines.

Network Partners:

22 Marshfield Clinic Rural Health Centers (1998-2007), Indianhead Community Action Agency (10 Head Start Classrooms-start date Jan 2007), Great Lakes Intertribal Council (2 Indian Health Centers-start date Jan 2007), 2 SNFs (2000-2004), 1 School, 1 Jail (2000). Approximately 3000 encounters in 2006 and 15 percent increase expected each year through 2010.

Project Purpose:

Provide preventative dental and health services, case management, and public health services to address the needs of people with chronic conditions such as Diabetes in a variety of settings including rural health clinics, Head Start classrooms, and Native American health centers. Distance education will be provided for health care professionals, patients, and families as well as clinical services.

Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:

To increase the number of children and elderly who have access to dental services and participating in sealant programs by age 6 and 10; To provide preventative dental care or early oral health detection for residents of nursing homes; To decrease the delay in receiving timely retinal screening in high-risk populations; To increase the detection rate of hidden diabetic retinal damage in asymptomatic diabetic populations; To increase access to specialty services in remote based and disparate populations with unmet health needs.

Service Area:

Marshfield Clinic Centers: Marshfield (Wood), Ladysmith (Rusk), Park Falls (Price), Minocqua (Oneida), Phillips (Price), Radisson (Sawyer), Chippewa Falls (Chippewa), Rice Lake (Barron), Wausau (Marathon), Eau Claire (Eau Claire), Menomonie (Menomonie), WI Rapids (Portage); County Jail, Phillips, WI (Price); Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI, (Wood). CESA 11 Dental Clinic, Hayward, WI (Sawyer), Flambeau Hospital, Park Falls, WI (Price), Satterwhite Dental Center, Phillips , WI (Price). Indianhead Community Action Agency (Sawyer, Rusk, Barron, Clark, Wood, Portage); Peter Christensen Indian Health Center (Vilas); Sokoagon Indian Health Center (Forest).

Services Provided:

Dermatology, Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Oncology, Cardiology, Speech Pathology, Orthopedics, Pathology, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Nutrition-Diabetes Mgt., Nutrition-all others, Diabetes Management (RN), Endocrinology, Neurology, Pain Management, ENT, Pulmonary Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Long Term Care, School Telehealth, Cancer, Prostate, Diabetes, and Chronic Pain Support Group, Research Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Occupational Medicine, Wound Therapy, Anticoagulation Management, Nurse Triage, and Diabetes Management.

Equipment:

Primarily a Polycom network for patient sites and VCON products on the PC for providers. AMD patient peripherals with the exception of patient exam cameras-use commercially available high-end video camcorders. Standard TV monitors and video switchers in exam rooms. Video bridge-ACCORD.

Transmission:

IP video at 512 kbps over proprietary lines, IP video at 384 kbps over proprietary lines, ISDN video at 384 kbps over leased lines.