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The
Second IASTED International Conference on
TELEHEALTH
~TELEHEALTH 2006~
July 3-5, 2006
Banff,
Alberta, Canada
"Fundamentals
of Telehealth"
Scott
C. Simmons, Peter J. Kragel, Gloria L. Jones,
Julius Q. Mallette, and Robert Hoyer
East
Carolina University, USA
SIMMONSS@ecu.edu
Abstract:
The Fundamentals of Telehealth tutorial
will combine the practical experience and lessons learned
from the nearly 14-year operation of the ECU Telemedicine
Center with the evidence, theory, and best practices from
the literature to provide a unique combination of theory
and scholarship that is grounded in reality. The tutorial
has the following educational objectives.
- Understand
the basic definitions, theory, and history of telehealth
and telemedicine.
- Learn the
fundamentals of widely used and accepted technologies
and standards telehealth.
- Understand
the clinical considerations and applications of telehealth
and the unique requirements of remote practice and various
specialties.
- Gain knowledge
and practical experience in the administrative, technical,
and clinical aspects of an operational telehealth center.
- Identify
emerging trends and technologies that will influence the
future of telemedicine and telehealth practice.
Background
Knowledge Expected of Participants
The intended
audience is practicing physicians, nurses, allied health
professionals, and administrators who are interested in
starting up a new telemedicine/telehealth program or service,
or those who want to gain a broad practically-based understanding
of telehealth/telemedicine theory and practice. Engineers
and technical personnel will also gain from learning about
the non-technical aspects of telehealth that are critical
to its successful implementation.
Biographies
of Speakers:
Scott
C. Simmons, MS received his B.S. in Biomedical
Engineering from Tulane University and his M.S. in Industrial
Engineering from the University of Houston. Mr. Simmons
has a proven track record in systems engineering and management
of complex research and development projects. He was the
project manager and lead inventor of the Telemedicine Instrumentation
Pack (TIP), NASA’s first space-certified telemedicine
system, which flew aboard Shuttle Endeavour mission, STS-89.
He led two clinical evaluations of the TIP in Texas and
Montana. Mr. Simmons was also the project manager for medical
experiments during NASA’s Summer 2000 expedition to
Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic. He moved to ECU in
2001 to become the project manager for the successful deployment
and evaluation of a multi-site fixed-point wireless broadband
network. Scott conceived and implemented the National Telehealth
Virtual Grand Rounds, which involves organizations from
across the USA. He has taught several short courses and
tutorials on telemedicine technology and standards, and
instructs and mentors undergraduate and medical students
and residents in telemedicine. He is currently the Assistant
Director of the ECU Telemedicine Center and on the Board
of Directors of the ATA.
Peter
J. Kragel, MD, received his baccalaureate
degree from Johns Hopkins University and his MD from Georgetown
University. He completed his residency training at the University
of Maryland Hospital, and is board-certified in Anatomic
and Clinical Pathology. Dr. Kragel served four years in
the Navy at the National Naval Medical Center, and attained
the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Dr. Kragel has a proven
track record in medical education and administration and
management in complex organizations. He is the Associate
Vice Chancellor for Planning and Program Development for
the ECU Health Sciences Division, in charge of the Center
for Health Sciences Communications and the Telemedicine
Center. He serves on the Pitt County Community College Board
of Trustees and the Pitt County Health Education Foundation
Board. Dr. Kragel is the Councilor for the State of North
Carolina for the Southern Medical Association. He is Secretary
of the ECU Chapter of Sigma Xi and co-directs the ECU Leadership
Academy. He has over twelve years experience as a department
chair, and served as Interim Dean of the ECU Brody School
of Medicine from January 2001 through October 2003. Dr.
Kragel has over fifty scholarly publications. He is a member
of the American Telemedicine Association.
Gloria
L. Jones is the Clinical Program Manager for
the ECU Telemedicine Center. She is responsible for the
clinical program development and training of the clinical
users of the Rural EAstern Carolina Health Network (REACH-TV).
This network serves a 14,000 square mile region in eastern
North Carolina, providing connectivity to rural hospitals,
clinics, schools, and prisons. Ms. Jones has also served
as teaching faculty in the Advanced Telemedicine Training
program and is responsible for several individual modules
offered from the Training Center. She has represented ECU
nationally and internationally on telemedicine. Presently,
she is a member of the University’s HIPAA Committee
and the Telemedicine Center’s liaison for telemedicine
regional projects. She is a member of the American Telemedicine
Association. Ms. Jones has been instrumental to the development
of the ECU project since it's inception in 1991 and continues
to work diligently for its continued growth.
Julius
Q. Mallette, MD, FACOG, is the Assistant Vice
Chancellor for Telehealth services at the ECU Brody School
of Medicine (BSOM), where he develops programs to create
virtual health education initiatives to improve patient
health and provider knowledge. He has over twenty years
Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine experience
in a rural tertiary care setting. He has delivered over
2000 babies and worked locally, regionally, and nationally
to develop programs and policies that address health care
disparities and championed many programs to prevent infant
mortality. Dr. Mallette was a PI on the nationally recognized
Healthy Start Foundation Tele-homecare project, which used
telemedicine to reduce prematurity associated with pre-eclampsia.
He has over ten years experience as an educator and administrator
for the educational program at BSOM. He served as Senior
Associate Dean for Educational Programs for 4 years. He
developed programs and instituted curricula changes that
resulted in over 95 % success for first time takers of the
USMLE while maintaining the highest national ranking for
graduation rates of students of diverse cultural and economic
backgrounds. He also successful led the preparation for
LCME accreditation resulting in full eight year accreditation
for BSOM. He is a member of the ATA.
Robert
Hoyer, MD, received his BA in History from
Oberlin College, MA in Teaching from Trinity College, and
his MD from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine.
He was a Clinical Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at the
Dartmouth School of Medicine, where he also was the school
physician for Holderness School and Plymouth State College.
He is currently a Clinical Professor in Pediatrics at the
ECU Brody School of Medicine, and is the Medical Director
of the ECU Pediatric Outpatient Center. Dr. Hoyer is the
school physician for the Eastern NC School for the Deaf,
and uses telemedicine on an almost daily basis during the
school year in support of this role, making him the most
active user of telemedicine in the ECU program.
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