Training in SW Arkansas

Several mental health facilities in the Southwest Arkansas region are on the verge of  starting telemental health programs with nearby ERs.  Our team is supporting this process and delivering training as well as resource information for agreements and sustainability.

Visit from the Chancellor

The Outreach team also participated in a media event at UAMS East in Helena (see pictures below). This visit included UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, local, county and state legislators, UAMS executive staff, and Arkansas e-Link personnel.  Medical providers in Phillips and surrounding counties will be able to collaborate with distant medical specialists to co-manage patient care without having to refer patients to distant hospitals or clinics. This means the revenue stays in the local community. The higher education component will facilitate resource sharing, collaboration and research opportunities at two-year and four-year colleges in this area and Arkansas.

eLink Roadshow

The Outreach team presented Telehealth 101 at several Arkansas eLink events held around the state. The event, “Building the Future through Telemedicine and Higher Education” was held at local two year colleges. The events were held at Pulaski Technical College, ASU Newport, Northwest Arkansas Community College, South Arkansas Community College, U of A Community College at Hope, East Arkansas Community College, and National Park Community College. Along with college officials, all community and civic leaders were invited to attend. The goal of the event was to highlight the Arkansas eLink project and demonstrate the relationship between telemedicine and higher education.

If you would like a visit from Kim or Tamara to learn more about telehealth in your area contact info@learntelehealth.org.

(left to right) Doug Friedlander, Executive Director Phillips County Chamber; Clark Hall, Governor’s Office; UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn MD; Arnell Willis, Mayor, Helena-West Helena; Chris Richey, State Representative; Buddy Daniels, CEO Helena Regional Medical Center

Michael Manley, CDH Outreach Director, at the Helena AHEC

Dr. Mike DeLong – Executive Vice President and Provost Pulaski Technical College

Tamara Perry, MA, at the eLink Roadshow event held at Pulaski Technical College

Doug Friedlander, Executive Director Phillips County Chamber
Clark Hall, Governor’s Office

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Arkansas retail giant Wal-Mart is venturing into telehealth.

http://www.walmartcommunity.com/walmarts-medical-clinics/

This article was featured in the Memphis Business Journal and discusses the importance and benefits of telemedicine especially in rural areas. http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/print-edition/2012/04/27/telemedicine-yields-healthier-sales.html?page=all

Tennessee 

Representative Diane Black (R-TN) was the first speaker at a lunch briefing on Capitol Hill where the discussion centered on long term care and how technology makes it possible for people to achieve an unprecedented level of independence in their later years.

http://telemedicinenews.blogspot.com/2012/08/ltc-discussed-on-hill.html

Mississippi

The 17^th Annual Mississippi Rural Health Association Conference will be held on September 20-21, 2012 in Jackson, Mississippi. Click here for more information http://www.msrha.org/.

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