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Telehealth
Northeast Missouri Telehealth Network
What is Telehealth?
Network Description
Project Objectives
Project Region
Funding
For More Information
Telehealth Provider Directory
Telehealth Site Locations
Upcoming Events
What is Telehealth?
Telehealth offers a new way of delivering existing services, so patients receive necessary health care without the inconvenience and high cost of travel. Using videoconferencing equipment, patients are able to remain in their own community while consulting with specialists at another site, almost as if they were in the same exam room.
Network Description
The Northeast Missouri Telehealth Network, a grant funded program of A. T. Still University of Health Sciences (ATSU) in Kirksville, Missouri, is aiming to improve access to high quality primary, specialty, and mental health care for the underserved of rural northeast Missouri via telehealth technology. Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM), a division of the A. T. Still University (ATSU) has joined forces with the 43-member Northeast Missouri Rural Health Network (NMRHN, www.nmhrn.org), and the nationally recognized Missouri Telehealth Network (MTN, www.telehealth.muhealth.org),to launch this comprehensive and collaborative project. Development and implementation of the extensive public awareness campaign for this project will be provided by the Northeast Missouri Area Health Education Center (NEMO AHEC).
Project Objectives
The three main objectives of this project include:
- Establish and expand site-based telehealth primary, specialty, and mental health care services in an 11-county area of northeast Missouri;
- Conduct comprehensive provider/staff recruitment and training to maximize utilization of the newly initiated telehealth system in northeast Missouri;
- Reach 50,000+ people with educational messages to raise public awareness about the availability/benefits of telehealth and improve consumer use of this health care service.
Project Region
The counties impacted by this project cover an 11-county service region, including Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, and Sullivan. All targeted counties are designated as geographic/low-income health professional shortage areas (HPSAs), low-income dental HPSAs, and mental health shortage areas.
Funding
Funding for this three-year project was provided in part by the Missouri Foundation for Health. The Missouri Foundation for Health is a philanthropic organization whose vision is to improve the health of the people in the communities it serves.
For More Information
For more information about telehealth or the Northeast Missouri Telehealth Network, please call Celia Hagan, Telehealth Project Coordinator at 660.342.0186 or email chagan@atsu.edu. More information related to the telehealth project will be posted as it becomes available.
Northeast Missouri Telehealth Network
A. T. Still University of Health Sciences
800 West Jefferson
Kirksville, MO 63501
“Funding for this project was provided in part by the Missouri Foundation for Health. The Missouri Foundation for Health is a philanthropic organization whose mission is to improve the health of the people in the communities it serves.”
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Northeast Missouri Rural Health Network
117 W. Potter Avenue, Kirksville, MO 63501
Phone 660-665-0330
Toll Free 877-539-2227
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