Resources

Articles and Reports

We have attempted to categorize the articles into major topics. When a report covers more than one theme, it is listed under General. Other resources for information can be found throughout the CTEC website. Please feel free to contact us if you need information that you can not find.

These articles can be of assistance in understanding the basics of telemedicine, in obtaining information for funding proposals, needs analysis and other inquiries. Please note that there are thousands of articles, reports and news stories on telemedicine and telehealth. Those listed here have been useful to CTEC staff and others.

Please participate in the telehealth community and submit articles you would like to see shared on the website.

In The News

Medicare Payment Policies for Telehealth Services CMS has recently published a brochure on its Medicare payment policies for Telehealth services. View the brochure »

General

If You Bill It, They Will Come: A Literature Review on Clinical Outcomes, Cost-Effectiveness, and Reimbursement for Telemedicine. California Telemedicine and eHealth Center, January 2009. CTEC's literature review prepared by the California State University, Sacramento, Center for Collaborative Policy.

Snapshort: California’s Uninsured, 2008. The California HealthCare Foundation, December 2008.

Telemedicine Medical Services: Biennial Report to the Texas Legislature, Health and Human Services Commission. December 2008. Legislatively required report on telemedicine in Texas Medicaid program.

The Telehealth Promise: Better Health Care and Cost Savings for the 21st Century. Alex H. Vo, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, May 2008. Good information on cost savings potential.

The Value of Provider-to-Provider Telehealth Technologies. Caitlin Cusack, MD, MPH, et al, Center for Information Technology Leadership, 2007. Comprehensive model of telehealth cost savings with break even model.

Telemedicine In Indiana, Policy Report. Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, Purdue University, March 2006. Nice overview of telemedicine and the barriers to expansion of telehealth.

Innovation, Demand and Investment in Telehealth. U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Technology Policy, February 2004. Set of principal findings that are still current today.

Meeting the Health Care Needs of California's Children: The Role of Telemedicine. The Children's Partnership, September 2007. Good overview on telemedicine.

Broadband

Helping Our Children With Disabilities Succeed: What's Broadband Got To Do With It? The Children's Partnership, July 2007. Overview of broadband potential for positive impact.

Videoconferencing

Basic Requirements for Successful Videoconferencing. Video Development Initiative. Part of a website with lots of videoconferencing information. Will give you the basics and more.

Home Monitoring

Trends in Remote Patient Monitoring 2009. Spyglass Consulting Group, March 2009. Current state of remote patient monitoring adoption by healthcare organizations across the United States.

Optimizing Telehealth

Optimizing Telehealth in California: An Agenda for Today and Tomorrow, Major Findings and Recommendations of the CTEC Teleheatlh Optimization Initiative. California Telemedicine and eHealth Center, January 2009. Results and recommendations of multi-stakeholder collaborative on optimizing telehealth in California.

Program Development

CTEC Telehealth Program Developer Overview. California Telemedicine and eHealth Center, 2009. Seven step structured process for developing and implementing telemedicine and telehealth program. Coming soon!

Reimbursement

Private Payer Reimbursement for Telemedicine Services in the United States. Pamela Whitten, PhD, et al., Michigan State University.

Rural California

Quick Facts about Rural California. California Communities Program. University of California. Good set of facts on rural California.

Stroke

Policy Brief on Stroke Telemedicine
The American Heart Association released policy recommendations for the implementation of telemedicine within stroke systems of care.

Improving stroke services in the United Kingdom The Stroke Association of the UK, February 2009.

Efficacy of site-independent telemedicine in the STRokE DOC trial: a randomized, blinded, prospective study. Brett C. Meyer, et al. The Lancet, August 2008. Results of University of California San Diego stoke program.

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Telemedicine Training

Telehealth Learning Centers

UC Davis Center for Health and Technology is home to California's first Telemedicine Learning Center, established in 1999 through a partnership between CTEC and the University of California, Davis Medical Center. The Center has developed an internationally acclaimed, hands-on, classroom-based telemedicine training curriculum. These courses embrace a multidisciplinary approach while incorporating discussion, lecture, and hands-on training. The uniquely designed facility offers customized classrooms and fully equipped telemedicine training laboratories.

UC San Diego Telemedicine Learning Center opened in June 2008. This Center is funded by CTEC through generous support of the Blue Shield of California Foundation and the California Endowment. The TLC builds on the existing expertise of the UC San Diego Medical Center and focuses on providing an outstanding educational environment to support the development of telemedicine and telehealth programs throughout Southern California.

University of Arizona Telemedicine Training Center provides instruction in clinical applications, telecommunications infrastructure development and operations, medical legal issues, distance education, and administrative aspects of running a store-and-forward and/or real time telehealth program. The Training Center offers one and two day training conferences.

Online Learning

University of Texas Medical Branch Electronic Health Network: A detailed guide to planning and starting a telemedicine program, including business aspects.

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Regional and National Telehealth Resource Centers

The Federally designated Telehealth Resource Centers (TRC) were designed to assist healthcare organizations, healthcare networks, and healthcare providers in the implementation of cost-effective telehealth programs to serve rural and medically underserved areas and populations.

The five regional TRCs serve as a focal point for advancing effective use of telehealth technologies in their respective communities and regions of the nation. Although each Resource Center specializes in providing services to organizations within their primary service area, the TRCs are committed to working in a collaborative effort to share their resources and expertise to service areas outside of their own regions. There is also one national TRC that addresses legal and regulatory barriers to the effective implementation of telehealth technologies.

The Telehealth Resource Centers are supported through the Telehealth Resource Center Grant Program, which is administered by the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth in the Office of Health Information Technology, Health Resources and Services Administration.

To learn more about the TRCs, you may download a fact sheet or you may click on the individual contact information listed below.

NATIONAL
Center for Telehealth and e-Health Law
1301 K Street NW, East Tower, 9th Floor
Washington DC 20005
(202) 230-5090
www.telehealthlawcenter.org
REGIONAL
California Telemedicine & eHealth Center
1215 K Street, Suite 800
Sacramento, CA 95814
(877) 590-8144
www.cteconline.org
Great Plains Telehealth Resource and
Assistance Center
800 East 21st Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57117
(888) 239-7092
www.gptrac.org
Midwest Alliance for Telehealth and
Technology Resources
420 West Magnetic Street
Marquette, MI 49855
(866) 603-4733
www.midwesttrc.org
Northeast Telehealth Resource Center
43 South Lubec Road
Lubec, ME 04652
(207) 287-4060
www.northeasttrc.org
Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center
601 West 1st Avenue, Suite 200
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 789-4976
www.nrtrc.org

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Upcoming Events

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Current Funding Opportunities

Telehealth Network Grant Program Grant

Telehealth Resource Center Grant Program

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Telemedicine Resources

Telemedicine Medical Centers

Associations

Foundations

Telemedicine Publications

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State Government

Federal Government

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