UNM CENTER FOR TELEHEALTH

AS CORE FACILITY

http://som.unm.edu/telehealth

VALUE ADDED WITH TELEHEALTH AS A CORE FACILITY

• Provide Coordination across UNM HSC• Web page/Central Data Repository for Telehealth

Activities• Supporting Current Telehealth Programs as needed• Developing New Programs• Strategic Prioritization• Develop Policies and Standards: Security, HIPAA

compliance, documentation, integration with EHR and HIE, technology decision making/interoperability, legal issues, contract development, reimbursement, business decisions

• Explore and develop Grant opportunities• Evaluate and Vet Technologies and Options• Telehealth Research, Evaluation and Analysis

VALUE ADDED WITH TELEHEALTH AS A CORE FACILITY

• Foster Development of the UNM HSC as a Health System with Appropriate Integration of Telehealth into the Enterprise• Facilitate Extension of UNM HSC programs• Clinical Services• Educational/Training/Work Force Development• Research, Community-based Participatory/CTSC• Public Health/Community Health Initiatives• Administrative Activities• International Initiatives

CFTH ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Technology Consultation & Support HSC Enterprise Wide • Nephrology, Peds Cardio, • Family & Community Medicine,

CRCBH, CDD, Cyber CF, Office of Diversity, CNAH, CTSC, HSLIC

• Maintenance/Scheduling Support of Telehealth Activities/ Rooms HSC Wide• Vidyo System

Administration/ Training/Tech Support (video conferencing software)• Office of Community Health

• HEROs• Vision 2020

• Education Training• Software / Technology• Telehealth Applications

on mobile devices

• Business Planning• Credentialing Privileging

(by Proxy)• Contract

Consults(UNMMG/Legal)• Telehealth Policy

Development• Telehealth Users Group

(TUG)

CFTH CURRENT PROGRAMS• SRMC Telehealth

Consults• UNMH Pediatric ED• UNMH Psychiatry – PES• UNMH Neurology

• Child Ready Grant: State-wide Communities & Hospitals Ped Emergency Medicine (Dr. Sapien)• United Healthcare

Telehealth Pilots• Ped ICU to SJRMC

• Post Traumatic Brain Injury (Dr. Mark Pedrotty/CTH)• Tele-Stroke Contract• Dermatology (under

development)• Cancer Center

• Tumor Board – Las Cruces

• Audiology

CFTH OTHER SPECIAL PROJECTS

• Molina Community Connector Project (OCH)• FCC Southwest

Telehealth Access Grid ($15.4 million)• Legislation: SB69

2013 Reimbursement• Cimarron

Clinic/Child Psych- Resident Training

• Truman Clinic/HIV-AIDS Counseling• Native

American/Navajo Nation• US Ignite/Telehealth to

the Hogan

• Pine Hill Medical Center• Congressman Rep. Ben

Ray Lujan Town Hall - Video Conferencing (9 Northern NM sites

NEW TELEHEALTH PROGRAM REQUESTS• Pharmacy

• Holy Cross Hospital

• Dental• Child Maltreatment• Trauma• Orthopedics• Critical care/eICU• Sports Concussion

• Center for Neuropsychological Services

• Children’s Psychiatric Center• University

Psychiatric Center• Psychosocial

rehabilitation

• Brain Behavioral Health Institute• Tele-home

care/Remote monitoring

CfTH TOP PRIORITY ISSUES

• Setting Telehealth Program Priorities• 24-7 Technology Support• Patient Registration/

Documentation/Scheduling• Fiscal Processes / Billing• Net Med Express

Agreement• Contracting / Professional

Service Agreements• Need administrative level

strategy

• Credentialing and Privileging by Proxy• Need administrative level

strategy

• Compliance/Quality/Outcomes• Continue Development

of Policies, Procedures, Guidelines, Best Practices• Integration with

EHR/HIE