Telehealth Links

Federal Government:

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services,
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT)
www.hrsa.gov/telehealth/

Description: OAT serves as a leader in telehealth, a focal point for HRSA's telehealth activities and as a catalyst for the wider adoption of advanced technologies in the provision of health care services and education.

Information Available: Publications, articles, legislative updates, grantee information, funding opportunities, personal stories of telehealth, Joint Working Group on Telehealth and links.

Missouri Organizations:

Missouri Telehealth Network (MTN)
www.muhealth.org/~telehealth/

Description: MTN has two major objectives: 1) to provide high quality specialty care in participating rural communities through the use of digital telecommunications technology, and 2) to evaluate the clinical utility and cost impact of telemedicine.

Information Available: General overview, clinical services, news and updates, educational programs, MTN projects, evaluation data, publications, studies, lessons learned, Federal legislation relating to telehealth and links.

National Organizations:

American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
www.atmeda.org

Description: The ATA promotes access to medical care for consumers and health professionals via telecommunications technology. ATA seeks to bring together diverse groups from traditional medicine, academic medical centers, telecommunications companies, medical societies, government and others to overcome barriers to the advancement of telemedicine through the professional, ethical and equitable improvement in health care delivery.

Information Available: A Guide to E-Health for the Health Care Professional, conferences, forums, news, policy issues, journal articles and other opportunities for ATA members.

The Association of Telehealth Service Providers (ATSP)
www.atsp.org/homepage.asp

Description: The ATSP strengthens its members and the business of telehealth through advocacy, education awareness programs and business support services. By anticipating industry and market demands, the ATSP expands opportunities for service providers, health care options for patients, and the potential for high-quality equipment, the Internet and telecommunications services.

Information Available: Industry news, government news, telehealth awards, newsletter, TeleJournal, conferences, publications, materials, other business resources and links.

Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
tie.telemed.org

Description: TIE was created and continues to be maintained by the Telemedicine Research Center. TIE offers a comprehensive, international, quality-filtered resource for information about telemedicine, telehealth and telemedicine/telehealth related activities.

Information Available: Latest news, searchable bibliographic database, active telemedicine programs, meetings, funding opportunities, journals, legislation, policy and legal issues, vendors, home health, links and basic telemedicine 101.

Telemedicine Research Center (TRC)
trc.telemed.org

Description: TRC, an independent 501 (c) (3) non-profit research and education corporation, was formed in March 1994. TRC promotes telemedicine and telehealth research and the creation, management and dissemination of information about telemedicine, telehealth and telemedicine/telehealth-related issues.

Information Available: TRC projects, activities, products, documents and publications, learning resources and links.

Telemedicine Today: The Health Newsmagazine
www.telemedtoday.com

Description: Telemedicine Today is the leading news and information source for the telemedicine industry, with a readership that includes telemedicine practitioners, physicians, hospital administrators, healthcare information specialists, vendors, consultants, policy makers and others interested in the dynamic field of telemedicine.

Information Available: Business briefs, articles, references, news links, past issues, State law guide, conferences, glossary, program models, regulatory updates, program profiles and industry news.

Texas Tech University in Lubbock,
Center for Telemedicine
www.ttuhsc.edu/telemedicine/

Description: Texas Tech University's Center for Telemedicine, a leader in the field of telehealth, has performed over 12,000 consultations since the program was initiated in 1990. These consultations have been both to patients in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as well as to patients in rural areas and have been in such specialties as orthopedics, general surgery, internal medicine, urology, gastroenterology, neurology, psychology, pediatrics and psychiatry.

Information Available: Correctional telemedicine, rural telemedicine, assisted living, other projects, telemedicine training and technology, publications, presentations, links, schedule and a map of services.