Eight of the Top 10 U.S Telemedicine Programs Use VTEL Videoconferencing Systems; Telemedicine has Evolved Into a Business Model for Clinical, Educational and Community Services.Business Editors/Medical Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2000 Eight of the nation's 10 leading telemedicine programs recently rated by Telehealth Magazine use VTEL VTEL Video Teleconferencing (R) Corporation (Nasdaq:VTEL) videoconferencing systems for telemedicine applications, including clinical, educational and community services. Among the eight include Appal-Link Network in Virginia, East Carolina University East Carolina University is a public, coeducational, intensive research university located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Named East Carolina University by statue and commonly known as ECU or East Carolina in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Eastern Montana The Great Plains stretch across Eastern Montana, an area that consists of the eastern half of the U.S. state of Montana and the north-central portion near Great Falls. The area is drained by the Missouri River, which originates in SW Montana, and by its tributaries, the Milk, the Telemedicine Network, Kansas University Medical Center, Northern Arizona Northern Arizona is dominated by the Colorado Plateau, the southern border of which in Arizona is called the Mogollon Rim. In the West lies the Grand Canyon, which was cut by the flow of the Colorado River while the land slowly rose around it. Regional Behavioral Health Behavioral health was first used in the 1980's to name the combination of the fields mental health and substance abuse. As an example, an organization serving both mental health and substance abuse clients might refer to its practice as behavioral health or Authority, Partners Health System in Boston, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) is part of the University of Colorado System. It has recently been merged with the University of Colorado at Denver (UCD) to form the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. and University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. Medical Center. Each year, Telehealth Magazine honors the most successful telemedicine programs based on their fulfillment of a defined clinical or health care delivery need, the stability of their support system, acceptance from physicians and patients of the service and the ability to measure clinical outcomes and cost savings. &uot;We are excited to be a technology partner with some of the best telemedicine programs in the nation,&uot; said Stephen Von Rump Rump The name given to the group of investors refusing to tender their shares into a corporate action, such as a merger or acquisition. Notes: Should the quantity of rump shares be large enough, a corporate action may be stalled or halted. , chief executive officer and president of VTEL. &uot;Our partners see telemedicine as a tool that can alter health care delivery by making information and services available to providers and patients wherever they are located. Their programs combine visionary thinking and advanced visual communications to enhance access to medical services. We see a huge potential in this market that will benefit the entire health care industry and patients everywhere.&uot; Health care providers are recognizing telemedicine as a core business component and a tool to extend the reach of a primary institution into new geographic locations, particularly to better serve remote and rural sites in and outside their delivery systems. Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network, for instance, uses VTEL visual communications solutions to expand its reach into regions far beyond Billings, Mont. The telemedicine program makes clinical, mental health, education and administrative services available to 12 network sites in isolated rural communities in eastern Montana. &uot;The members of the Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network have embraced telemedicine technology as a cost effective means of providing improved access to medical care and continuing health education, shrinking the distance faced in rural eastern Montana,&uot; said Thelma McClosky Armstrong , director of telemedicine at Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network. Northern Arizona Regional Behavioral Health Authority (NARBHA) in Flagstaff Flagstaff, city (1990 pop. 45,857), seat of Coconino co., N Ariz., near the San Francisco Peaks; inc. 1894. Lumbering, ranching, and a lively tourist trade thrive in the region, where many ruined pueblos, numerous state parks, several lakes, and large pine forests established a videoconferencing network to provide mental health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract to patients in five northern counties of Arizona. NARBHA uses VTEL visual communications to evaluate and monitor mental health conditions and medication usage in children, adolescents and adults, maintaining eye contact throughout the examination. &uot;It's absolutely crucial to have the highest level of videoconferencing quality for the type of medical exams that our patients require,&uot; said Dr. Sara Gibson, a psychiatrist at NARBHA. &uot;We are continually finding ways to increase efficiencies and reduce costs using the VTEL solutions.&uot; In addition to providing a seamless link to remote sites and other hospital affiliates, VTEL visual communications also improve administrative efficiencies, provide additional revenue streams by serving populations that traditional methods can't effectively reach and create a more competitive environment by attracting quality physicians. Based in Austin, Texas with offices and resellers in 61 countries, VTEL Corporation is a global leader in high technology visual communications products and services. From Internet visual communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems and services to videoconferencing systems and video-networking solutions, VTEL offers customers the most complete range of products and implementation support. VTEL serves customers in the commercial, education, health care and government markets by combining the power of traditional videoconferencing with the vast reach of the Internet. VTEL is a registered trademark of VTEL Corporation. HS2000 is a trademark of VTEL Corporation. VTEL Corporation, 108 Wild Basin Road, Austin, Texas, 78746. Phone: 512/437-2700, Fax: 512/437-2792. VTEL Website: http://www.vtel.com |
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