Convene the leaders of the multiple networks providing telehealth services in the

召集多个提供远程医疗服务的网络的领导者

• 批准号: 8230424
• 负责人: Stephen Biggio
• 金额: $ 4.39万
• 依托单位: WYOMING HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-30 至 2012-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8230424
• 关键词: Convene; leaders; multiple; networks; providing

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will convene the technical and operational leaders of the multiple networks providing telehealth services in a multi-state region to identify challenges to, a research plan for, and reach agreement on interoperability of service delivery among those various networks. The ability to reach agreement on infrastructure, capabilities, tools, standards, interoperability specifications, and systems architecture will result in more efficient use of resources, allowing for improved quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of healthcare in the region. Networks expressing a desire to participate in this event are operating in the following states: 7 Arizona 7 Colorado 7 Idaho 7 Montana 7 Nebraska 7 New Mexico 7 Utah 7 Wyoming Additionally, the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center (NRTRC) has agreed to support the effort and help with dissemination of project results. The NRTRC covers the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming with a membership of 32 telehealth networks. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Telehealth is a rapidly growing means of extending clinical healthcare services to rural and frontier areas. Telehealth networks are developing and expanding into new markets and areas. As this growth occurs, telehealth networks across the nation face issues of interoperability and standards. There is no dispute that standards and interoperability are typically needed for technology markets to grow, not withstanding a single company winning a commanding leadership position. But today, no company wields dominant market power in personal connected health. Efforts by Continue Health Alliance, for instance, to foster economic-type behavior among device and software makers has made progress, but for now, proprietary and disparate technologies and platforms rule. The first generations of installed devices and applications do not easily integrate with each other.1 The Wyoming Health Information Organization (WyHIO) and its partners believe telehealth is an effective mechanism to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of healthcare in rural and frontier areas. Wyoming. Interoperability is key to providing the reliable and seamless delivery of telehealth services, and this effort will provide options to further interoperability among various telehealth networks. The WyHIO is teaming with the multiple telehealth networks in the Rocky Mountain Region and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Departments of the University of Wyoming, College of Engineering and Applied Science to work on the technical and adoption aspects of interoperability. Funding from the AHRQ Small Grant Program for Conference Support would allow us to accomplish several objectives that appear consistent with the purpose of the AHRQ grant. Specifically, we would use grant funds for the following: 1. Bring together technical and operating staff from telehealth networks in the region, University of Wyoming (UW) faculty and students, and other key telehealth stakeholders to identify the challenges to interoperability and seamless delivery of clinical telemedicine services; 2. Exchange and prioritize ideas about how we accomplish interoperability; 3. Define a research agenda for the UW as they develop a draft interoperable telehealth network design; 4. With the draft design, reconvene the telehealth stakeholders, and the UW faculty and graduate students to review the interoperability design and adopt recommendations; 5. Disseminate the results of this effort to stakeholders and other members of the telehealth community using the resources of the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center (NRTRC) and other Telehealth Resource Centers. The Principal Investigator for this project is the WyHIO Executive Director, Larry Biggio. Larry has extensive in technology, finance, and administration, and has successfully organized and conducted other HIT and telecommunications meetings similar to this project. Suresh Muknahallipatna, Ph.D. will participate in the conference and lead the network interoperability design efforts at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Muknahallipatna is a professor in Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Muknahallipatna will also lead the technical efforts to design an interoperable telehealth network. He will be joined by Professors Cameron Wright and Jerry Hamann, also of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, who will assist with scoping the project and participating in the project conferences. The project budget totals $45,002.00 of federal funds. 1 Michael Gallelli, Boomer, Technology, and Health: Consumers Taking Charge, MIT Enterprise Forum Northwest, http://www.mitwa.org/sites/default/files/files/MITEF%20NW%20Boomers%20Technology%20and%20Health%20Report.pdf

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目将召集在多州地区提供远程医疗服务的多个网络的技术和运营领导者，以确定这些网络之间服务交付的互操作性的挑战、研究计划并达成一致。网络。就基础设施、功能、工具、标准、互操作性规范和系统架构达成一致的能力将导致更有效地利用资源，从而提高该地区医疗保健的质量、安全性、效率和有效性。表示希望参加此活动的网络正在以下州运营： 7 亚利桑那州 7 科罗拉多州 7 爱达荷州 7 蒙大拿州 7 内布拉斯加州 7 新墨西哥州 7 犹他州 7 怀俄明州 此外，西北地区远程医疗资源中心 (NRRTC) 已同意支持这项工作并帮助传播项目成果。 NRTRC 覆盖阿拉斯加州、爱达荷州、蒙大拿州、俄勒冈州、犹他州、华盛顿州和怀俄明州，拥有 32 个远程医疗网络的成员。 公共卫生相关性：远程医疗是将临床医疗保健服务扩展到农村和边境地区的一种快速增长的手段。远程医疗网络正在发展并扩展到新的市场和领域。随着这种增长的发生，全国范围内的远程医疗网络面临着互操作性和标准的问题。毫无疑问，技术市场的发展通常需要标准和互操作性，尽管有一家公司赢得了绝对的领导地位。但如今，没有一家公司在个人互联健康领域拥有主导市场力量。例如，继续健康联盟在促进设备和软件制造商之间的经济型行为方面所做的努力已经取得了进展，但目前，专有和不同的技术和平台占主导地位。第一代安装的设备和应用程序不容易相互集成。1 怀俄明州健康信息组织 (WyHIO) 及其合作伙伴认为，远程医疗是提高农村和农村地区医疗保健质量、安全性、效率和效果的有效机制。边境地区。怀俄明州。互操作性是提供可靠、无缝的远程医疗服务的关键，这项工作将为进一步实现各种远程医疗网络之间的互操作性提供选择。 WyHIO 正在与落基山脉地区的多个远程医疗网络以及怀俄明大学工程与应用科学学院的电气和计算机工程系合作，致力于互操作性的技术和采用方面的工作。 AHRQ 小额赠款计划的会议支持资金将使我们能够实现与 AHRQ 赠款目的一致的几个目标。具体来说，我们将把赠款资金用于以下目的： 1. 汇集该地区远程医疗网络的技术和操作人员、怀俄明大学 (UW) 教职员工和学生以及其他主要远程医疗利益相关者，以确定互操作性和无缝交付面临的挑战临床远程医疗服务； 2. 就如何实现互操作性交换想法并确定优先顺序； 3. 在制定可互操作的远程医疗网络设计草案时，为华盛顿大学确定研究议程； 4. 根据设计草案，重新召集远程医疗利益相关者以及华盛顿大学教师和研究生，审查互操作性设计并采纳建议； 5. 利用西北地区远程医疗资源中心 (NRRTC) 和其他远程医疗资源中心的资源，向利益相关者和远程医疗社区的其他成员传播这项工作的结果。该项目的首席研究员是 WyHIO 执行董事 Larry Biggio。 Larry 拥有丰富的技术、财务和管理经验，并成功组织和举办了与该项目类似的其他 HIT 和电信会议。苏雷什·穆克纳哈利帕特纳博士将参加会议并领导怀俄明大学的网络互操作性设计工作。 Muknahallipatna 博士是怀俄明大学工程与应用科学学院电气与计算机工程系教授。 Muknahallipatna 博士还将领导设计可互操作的远程医疗网络的技术工作。工程与应用科学学院的 Cameron Wright 教授和 Jerry Hamann 教授也将与他一起，协助确定项目范围并参加项目会议。该项目预算联邦资金总额为 45,002.00 美元。 1 Michael Gallelli，婴儿潮一代、技术与健康：消费者负责，麻省理工学院西北企业论坛，http://www.mitwa.org/sites/default/files/files/MITEF%20NW%20Boomers%20Technology%20and%20Health% 20报告.pdf