1. MEDICAL CENTER
BARBOUR
Telemedicine Program

2. The Beginning
 Southeast Alabama Medical Center’s
Foundation provided MCB with the
hardware for telemedicine.
 Stroke Center
 Access to timely Neuro Consult
 Emergency Care

3. Process
 Equipment
 Ensuring connectivity
 Education of physicians
 Education of staff (presenting patients)
 Availability of physicians
 Protocols
 CT availability

4. Success
 Physician acceptance
 Nursing education and competency
 Ease of transfers
 Patient outcomes
All have survived and been transferred
Not all patients qualify

5. Geri-Psych
 Telemedicine is used three days a week
 Remote access to psychiatrists in
Montgomery
 Quiet space
 Nurses (RN) present patients
 Differences in providers
 Differences in patients.

6. Plans for the Future
 Rural Clinics
 Education for Diabetics
 Specialists consulting
 Inpatient wound care
 Consults to the ED if indicated

7. Questions
 Medical Center Barbour
 Eufaula, AL
 Kathy Wilder, CCO/CNO
 334-688-7280