[nmglug] Re: [NMLUG] New Mexico Telehealth program

[Andres Paglayan]

It does nothing, but it might do a lot if abides to open source and open 
standards.
Just imagine a NM health network communicating with GNU tools and 
Asterisk in the phone side.

Excerpt from the membership solicitation notice.

On March 28, 2005, Governor Bill Richardson signed the New Mexico 
Telehealth Commission Act bill, with the purpose of encouraging a 
single, coordinated statewide effort to create a telehealth system. The 
bill calls for the creation of a New Mexico Telehealth Commission that will:
a.Identify how telehealth can be used to increase access to care and 
implement state comprehensive health plans;
b.Identify barriers to telehealth utilization and expansion, including 
payment, infrastructure, training and workforce availability;
c.Inventory the state’s telehealth assets, map available 
telecommunications infrastructure and examine the financial impact of 
failing to develop the state’s telehealth capacities;
d.Coordinate public and private sector initiatives to enhance 
networking, portal development and connectivity and to expand telehealth 
and telecommunications capacity;
e.Identify specific actions to increase collaborative efforts and 
public-private partnerships to increase the use of telehealth for health 
care access development, patient outcome improvement, patient and 
workforce education and health care practitioner recruitment and 
development;
f.Develop and disseminate specific telehealth standards and guidelines 
to ensure quality of care, positive health outcomes, appropriate use of 
technology and protection of privacy and confidentiality;
g.Review and comment on initiatives, projects or grant applications to 
ensure telehealth standards and guidelines are met and maximum 
collaboration and cooperation across the state is encouraged; and
h.Report annually to the Governor and the Legislature on the state of 
the telehealth system and the adequacy and allocation of telehealth 
services throughout the state.

The Governor’s Office is seeking applications from interested health 
care practitioners and direct service providers, telehealth technology 
experts, business people, Native American and rural community 
representatives and other knowledgeable in telehealth, for participation 
on the New Mexico Telehealth Commission.


Steve Browne wrote:

>On Wed, 18 May 2005 09:16:52 -0600, you wrote:
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>>http://www.nmtelehealth.org/
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>>I strongly encourage you to send applications to participate.
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>This is very amorphous. I read the "Our Mission" statements and I
>STILL don't know what the "New Mexico Telehealth Alliance" does. Care
>to explain?
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>Regards,
>Steve
>Stephen B. Browne
>sbrowne at ix.netcom.com
>"Ubi bene, ibi patria."
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