Overview
Grants Overview
WEST VIRGINIA, Kanawha County
Physician Education, Community Outreach Program to Prevent Diversion of Prescription Drugs
Appalachian Pain Foundation
CMP FY 04
Appalachian Pain Foundation
PO Box 3312
Charleston, WV 25333
www.PainCentral.com
Skip Lineberg, Executive Director
Ph: 304-342-6970
Fax: 304-342-6973
Email: Skip@MapleCreative.com
Network Partners:
American Osteopathic Medicine Association, West Virginia University, West Virginia Hospital Association, WVHA-Health Education Foundation.
Project Purpose:
To develop a curriculum for pain management courses to be offered in medical centers throughout the region. APF is also developing educational initiatives, management forums, informational websites and is planning meetings with physicians, clinicians and community leaders to help ensure that patients receive proper, ethical and effective pain treatment and to reduce the diversion of prescription pain-killer medications.
Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:
Grow membership to self-sustaining levels; validate APF as a regional resource for appropriate and outcome supported pain management; represent to legislative leaders and policy-makers the importance of reasonable assessment and management of chronic pain; create a board of advisors; conduct education seminars (via Webcast) and confer continuing education credits for such activities.
Service Area:
Primary service area includes West Virginia and the Appalachian region.
Services Provided:
The services provided in this project include education; information and referral; administration of an informational website; planning, organizing, and managing events.
Equipment:
Distance learning video and audio processing equipment for Webcast and videoconferencing.
Transmission:
Internet protocols (IP), Internet-World Wide Web.
WEST VIRGINIA, Cabell County
Marshall University Southern West Virginia Rural Outreach Project
Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health
CMP FY 05
Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health
Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
1600 Medical Center Drive, Suite 1400
Huntington, WV 25701
http://crh.marshall.edu/
Jennifer Plymale, MA
Amber Vance, MS
Ph: 304-691-1184
Fax: 304-691-1183
Email: Elkins34@marshall.edu
Network Partners:
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Tug River Health (381 encounters), Lincoln Primary Care Center (30 encounters), JW Endicott MD, Mason County Health Department (759 encounters), Pleasant Valley Hospital, Larry J Harless Community Center (50 encounters), Southwestern Area Health Education Center
Project Purpose:
The purpose of this project is to increase access to preventive health care for Southern West Virginia utilizing a comprehensive chronic disease assessment, community focused interventions, and deployment of mobile medical units focusing on pediatrics and preventive medicine.
Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:
Improved prevention, detection, and management of the most prevalent and debilitating chronic diseases of the region such as heart disease, diabetes, selected cancers, and obesity. Provide families in underserved rural communities access to healthcare services currently unavailable by designating and implementing targeted intervention programs.
Service Area:
Southern West Virginia; primarily Mason County Health Department: Mason County, Lincoln Primary Care Center: Lincoln County, Larry J. Harless Community Center: Mingo County and Tug River Health Associates: McDowell County
Services Provided:
The services in this project are the development and deployment of a comprehensive chronic disease and colorectal cancer screening program; emphasizing a comprehensive chronic disease assessment; continued and expanded operations of the Center's pediatric mobile medical unit, in addition to the deployment of a preventive medicine mobile medical unit (April 2007).
Equipment:
V-Tel Galaxy Class video conferencing; H.323 video conferencing is available with a roll-about Polycom ViewStation FX unit, and 384 KB/sISDN-based video conferencing
Transmission:
Dedicated T-1 lines, Internet Protocols (IP)
WEST VIRGINIA, Monongalia County
West Virginia Community Mental Telehealth Project
West Virginia University, Mountaineer Doctor TeleVision (MDTV)
CMP FY 02
West Virginia University, MDTV
PO Box 9081
Morgantown, WV 26506-9081
http://wvthenet.hsc.wvu.edu
JoAnn Hornsby, MD
Christopher Budig
Ph: 304-293-6945
Fax: 304-293-8565
Email: cbudig@hsc.wvu.edu
Network Partners:
Network formed December 2003 for the following sites: Appalachian Community Health Center, East Ridge Health Systems, FMRS Mental Health Council, Healthways, Logan-Mingo Mental Health, Northwood Health Systems, Prestera Center, Seneca Mental Health, Southern Highlands Mental Health Center, Valley Healthcare, Westbrook Health Services.
Project Purpose:
Provide telemedicine services to the 14 major rural community mental healthcare centers (CMHC) that are in need of additional psychiatric healthcare services. A secondary purpose is to allow for healthcare workers in these communities to utilize these telemedicine units for continuing professional education as well as allow members of the community health education programs through MDTV.
Outcomes Expected/Project Accomplishments:
Help patients in rural areas obtain improved access to psychiatric care. To be able to relieve some of the current strain on the community mental health centers by the creation of psychiatric telemedicine clinics. Overall patient care improves while physician time commitment is shortened.
Service Area:
Counties served are all within the state of West Virginia: There are 34 counties participating in this project. Within the 34 counties, 23 are HPSA and 26 are MUA.
Services Provided:
Mountaineer Doctor Television has been operational since 1992 and is providing telemedicine, distant education, continuing medical education as well as administrative services throughout the state of West Virginia and beyond.
Equipment:
Tandberg 880 ISDN-IP Codec; 1 Tandberg 6000 codec, 3 Tandberg 2500 codec, Tandberg 880 codecs; 1 Tandberg Gateway, 2 Tandberg MCUs, Sanyo Video Projector, DVC ProCamera and DVC Pro Studio VCR.
Transmission:
Internet, (IP) transmissions are possible between individual clinics and MDTV. Connections are established using the following: Frame Relay 768 kbps bandwidth.
