The California Telemedicine & eHealth Center (CTEC) is a
leading source of expertise and comprehensive knowledge in 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. CTEC
offers extensive hands-on experience in telemedicine development.
CTEC understands the larger healthcare delivery system and works
with policy makers, corporate, and industry leaders, and
community based organizations to develop an environment that will
support the optimal use of telemedicine and telehealth.
Over the past 12 years, CTEC has worked with hundreds of
programs, providers, universities, government agencies, and
equipment developers to identify best program practices, newly
emerging technologies and trends, and studies that identify the
impact of telemedicine services.
CTEC is the federally designated Telehealth Resource Center for
California. CTEC’s vision is to achieve the fully optimized
use of telehealth and other technology enabled health care in
order to:
improve acess to health care for all California citizens,
improve clinical efficiency and access to health information
and education and
to reduce the cost of providing needed health care.
CTEC’s mission is to be an objective source of information for
health systems developing telehealth programs, to provide
technical assistance and program support, to provide up to date
information on policy, emerging trends and concerns,
reimbursement, operations and other key topics and to provide
leadership in the development of telehealth systems.
The California Telemedicine & eHealth Center (CTEC) is a
leading source of expertise and comprehensive knowledge in 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. CTEC
offers extensive hands-on experience in telemedicine development.
CTEC understands the larger healthcare delivery system and works
with policy makers, corporate, and industry leaders, and
community based organizations to develop an environment that will
support the optimal use of telemedicine and telehealth.
CTEC History
CTEC has a long history of leadership in telehealth. The
California Telemedicine & Telehealth Coordinating Project
inititied the creation of CTEC and produced the first strategic
plan for California’s telemedicine adoption. CTEC became
the focal point for initial telehealth development efforts in
California and deployed the $20 million investment by The
California Endowment in telemedicine.
This support has assisted in the development of 10 rural
telemedicine networks, with over 100 sites throughout
California. CTEC funded and aided in the development of new
and innovative telemedicine programs for medical specialty
services, behavioral health, school dental screenings, diabetic
retinopathy screenings, patient education programs, breast cancer
support group services, continuing medical education, provider
site development and on-line telemedicine training. CTEC
colloaborated on the development of California’s two Telemedicine
Learning Centers at UC Davis and UC San Diego.
Over the past 14 years, CTEC has worked with hundreds of
programs, providers, universities, government agencies, and
equipment developers to identify best program practices, newly
emerging technologies and trends, and studies that identify the
impact of telemedicine services. CTEC was instrumental in
initiating efforts to expand broadband availability throughout
rural California.
