The IASTED International Conference on
Telehealth
Telehealth 2006
July 3 – 5, 2006
Banff, Alberta, Canada
TUTORIAL SESSION
Fundamentals of Telehealth
Abstract
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Background Knowledge Expected of the Participants
Qualifications of the Instructor(s)s
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, M.D. received his baccalaureate degree from John 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. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at East Carolina University, and also serves as the Clinical Director of the East Carolina University Telemedicine Center. He is the Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Universal Service Administration Company Board, Washington, DC and member of the Rural Health Care committee. He maintains a clinical practice focused on surgical pathology, and is a member of the Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists as well as other professional organizations. His research interests include digital pathology, and telemedicine applications and standards.
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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