Telemedicine: Providing Care Closest to Home

Debbie Voyles, MBA HOMDirector of Telemedicine

F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health

Ratio of Providers per 100,000 Population

Ratio of Providers per 100,000 Population

Primary Care

Doctors

Physician Assistants

Nurse Practitioners

RNs LVNs

U.S., 2000 69 14.4 33.7 780.2 240.8

Texas, 2005 (2000)

68.5

(56)

14.7

(11.9)

17.7

(24.4)

628.6 (603.4)

269 (280.9)

West Texas, 2005

41.7 16 13.4 364.5 424

West Texas/Border, 2005

25.7 15.2 18.4 230.7 183.3

ACCESS For Dermatology & Burn

DERMATOLOGY

Dermatologist

accepting Medicaid

BURN CARE

7

0

0

El Paso to Lubbock: 343 mi. / 6 hrs.

El Paso to LubbockBurn

Benefits to Using Telemedicine

• Improved access to specialty services and care – “care closest to home”

• High patient satisfaction – • improved access, • reduced travel costs (mileage and travel time)• reduced time away from home/school/work

• Improved patient outcomes – earlier interventions, reduced complications, consistent use of evidenced based medicine

• Healthy People/Healthy Communities - better relationships with rural communities – create, improve and maintain local access to appropriate high quality care

Bringing the Physician to the Patient

Texas Tech Telemedicine

Contact Information

Debbie Voyles, MBA HOM

Director

debbie.voyles@ttuhsc.edu

806-743-4440

www.ttuhsc.edu/telemedicine