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About the California Telemedicine and eHealth Center

The California Telemedicine & eHealth Center (CTEC) is a leading source of expertise and comprehensive knowledge on the development and operation of telemedicine and telehealth programs. CTEC is nationally recognized as one of six federally designated Telehealth Resource Centers around the country. Learn More »

CTEC Launches Statewide Initiative to Inventory Telehealth Services

CTEC is undertaking a major initiative to create a comprehenseive inventory of all California telehealth programs. We need your participation in this important project. We need all California telehealth programs and providers to complete the survey. If you don’t have a telehealth program, we would like to collect your input on challenges to development. It’s easy and takes on a few minutes to complete. Take the survey »

What's New

Lanugage Line Services Offers Free Haitian Language Interpretation

With recent events in Haiti Language Line Services have made the decision to offer free Haitian Creole interpretation for the next month to organizations directly engaged in aiding the victims of the earthquake. This would include organizations here in the US, which are accepting evacuees as well as those who have actually sent workers to Haiti to provide assistance. More information »

Gov. Schwarzenegger Launching Cisco Health Presence Telemedicine Pilot Project

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger participated in an event to launch the Cisco HealthPresence telemedicine pilot project including a demonstration of the equipment. The telemedicine project will eventually connect more than 15 locations throughout California. Read More »

CTEC’s Federal Designation as a Telehealth Resource Center Extended

In its continued effort to support and promote the use of telehealth to meet the needs of underserved communities, the Health Resources and Services Administration has selected the California Telemedicine and eHealth Center (CTEC) as one of four regional Telehealth Resource Centers (TRC) in the country. CTEC, one of the founding TRCs, was initially funded by HRSA in 2006.

With the multi-year funding CTEC will focus its efforts on the provision of educational and programmatic support services to new and expanding telehealth programs, including the development of written and web-based resources to assist with telehealth program implementation. Additionally, CTEC will be surveying telehealth programs to assess usage and need, as well sponsoring statewide convening’s to facilitate telehealth expansion efforts.

CTEC Partners with National Research Organization to Provide Telehealth Program Support and Assistance

CTEC has been selected by Triangle Research Incorporated (TRI) to provide technical assistant and program support to telehealth programs throughout the country as part of an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) National Resource Center for Health IT contract awarded to TRI. TRI, a well known independent, non-profit research and development organization is located in the Research Triangle in North Carolina.

CTEC will be working with TRI to provide assistance with telehealth program planning and development for HIT initiatives sponsored by AHRQ, HHS and other government agencies, partners and stakeholders.