3. Available Providers- Primary Care & Specialists
Transportation
Economic
Language
Health Literacy
Poor Health Status Indicators
Academic Needs
Rural Community Barriers to Healthcare
4. Benefits of Telemedicine
Telemedicine is not only the healthcare wave of the
future but the healthcare wave of now.
• Improve and promote the availability of specialized
healthcare in rural and underserved areas
• Educate and provide training to consumer
stakeholders and providers of care
• Reduce barriers to care that exist for patients in rural
communities
• Telemedicine exists for primary care, trauma care,
surgical care, behavioral health, stroke management,
chronic disease care, tele radiology, home monitoring,
nursing home care and global outreach.
5. What is a School Based
Telehealth Clinic?
• Health clinics that will operate and function in
the school nurses' office at designated schools
• Integration of services during school to help
meet the minor health needs of students without
having to be absent from school
• Team consists of school nurses, social workers,
participating physicians, and school staff
• Students will have the opportunity to be seen by
a physician virtually via a real-time computer
linkage
• Written parent/guardian consent is required for a
student to receive telehealth services
• Decatur County Telehealth Community Advisory
Committee meets quarterly
8. Implementation of DCOT
Telehealth
• Eye Trauma – Time saved 72 hours
• Ear Infection – Time saved 3 hours
• Behavioral Health – Time saved 9 hours
• ……..
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11. Decatur County Telehealth
Timeline
DCOT 2015- WP
'
2014
Dec
2014
Jan
2015
Feb Mar Apr May '
2015Today
Inaugural Patient Encounter WBE
2/23/15
Community Educational Meeting
2/9/15
Onsite Staff Training Begins
2/6/15
Parent Enrollment Meetings Begins
2/2/15
Equipment Install
1/23/15Q4 2014 CAC Meeting
12/16/14
Decatur County Telehealth Clinics 2015
Chamber of Commerce Meeting
3/5/15
12. Next Steps
New Schools
New Non-School Locations
Decatur County Business Partners… Telepay, Remote Monitoring Health, Nutrition, Etc.
Integration with Bainbridge College and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
(ABAC)
Global Presence ???
13. Take Away Three Facts
Decatur County Telehealth Program Implemented at Jones Wheat Elementary and
West Bainbridge Elementary
School Based Telehealth will help close the Healthcare Access Gap in Rural GA
Building Partnerships with community businesses is critical to assuring long range
sustainability.
14. Additional Information
• For more information:
o http://www.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/about/telehealth/
o http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/telehealth/index.html
• Georgia Partnership for Telehealth
o http://www.gatelehealth.org/
• Memorial Hospital and Manor
o http://www.mh-m.org
o Email Contact:
• SBTC-Medical@mh-m.org
• Decatur County Schools
o http://www.dcboe.com
o Email Contact:
• admintelehealth@dcboe.com
