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
806-743-4440
www.ttuhsc.edu/telemedicine