Business
Plans
P1
Funding Sources and Cycles for Telemedicine Programs:It's
All About Sustainability
Gail P. Barker, MBA, Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD,
Ronald S. Weinstein, MD
Arizona Telemedicine Program, Tucson, AZ
Clinical
P4
VTC and Web Enabled Remote Orthopaedic Consult System
LTC Martha Lenhart, MC, MD, PhD, Carl D. Clifford,
Zhengyi Sun
Telemedicine Directorate, Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
Washington, DC
P5 Women's Health Care via Telemedicine
Ana Maria Lopez, MD, MPH, FACP
Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ
Correctional Care
P6
Developing a Telemedicine Program for a Large Urban Jail:
Implementing a Telemedicine Program in a Jail verses a Prison
Joseph Scalzo, DDS, CCHP, Constance L. Ahlman, BS,
MA
Maricopa County Correctional Health Services, Phoenix, AZ
Dermatology
P7
A Virtual Surgical Telesimulation in Micrographic Dermatological
Surgery (MOHS)
Jorge Alberto Vélez B.1, MD, HMS, Andrés
Adolfo Navarro Newball1,5, MSc, Carlos Alberto De La Roche1,
MD, Luis Eduardo Múnera1,3, PhD, Gregorio Bernabé
García4, PhD, Clara Bermudez6, MSc, J. Fernando Jimenez
P. 7, MSc, Alberto Kopec1, MD
1Colombian Telemedicine Center, Cali, Colombia; 2Colombian
Internet Health and Medicine Association, Cali, Colombia;
3Icesi University; 4DITEC, Murcia University, Spain; 5Javeriana
University, Cali, Colombia; 6 Escuela Andaluza de Salud
Pública, Granada, Spain; 7Toulousse, France
Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy
P8
Telecolposcopy in a Primary Care Women's Clinic: a Pilot
Study
Ana Maria Lopez1, MD, MPH, FACP, Francisco Garcia2,
MD, MPH, Kenneth Hatch3, MD, Jessica Byron4, MD, Sarah Kurker1,
MSW, Jose Guillen1, PhD, Janet Major2, BS, Sydney Lazarus1,
MPH, Deirdre Avery1, MS, MPH, Ronald Weinstein2, MD
1Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ; 2University of Arizona
Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ; 3University of Arizona
School of Medicine, Tucson, AZ; 4University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ
Distance Learning
P10
Developing a Curriculum for a Masters Programme in Telemedicine
and eHealth
Malcolm Clarke, PhD
Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
P12
Teleducation as an Integral Part of Medical Education Curriculum
Vladimir Lavrentyev, MD, MBA, Azhar Rafiq, MD, MBA,
Ronald Merrell MD, FACS
Medical Informatics and Technology Application Consortium
(MITAC), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
P14 Distance Regional Anesthesia Training
James V. Winkley1, MD, Richard Kyle2, MS, John H.
Chiles1, MD, Paul Mongan2, MD, Geselle McKnight1, CRNA,
MSN, Chester C. Buckenmaier1, III, MD
1Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC; 2Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
P15
Methodological Basis for Distributed Web Testing of Surgical
Simulators Prototypes in a Telemedicine Latin America Network
- TLAN
Jorge Alberto Vélez B.1,2, MD, HMS, Andrés
Adolfo Navarro Newball1,2, MSc, Luis Eduardo Múnera
Salazar1,2,3, PhD, Alberto Kopec1,2, MD, Gregorio Bernabé
García4, PhD, Latin American Telemedicine Teams
1Colombian Telemedicine Center, Cali, Colombia; 2Colombian
Internet Health and Medicine Association, Cali, Colombia;
3Icesi University; 4DITEC, Murcia University, Spain
P16
Three Years Activities of the ITU Telemedicine Expert Training
Course
Norio Kimura1, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Juzoji2, MD, Isao
Nakajima2, MD, PhD
1Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan; 2Tokai
University Institute of Medical Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan
P17
Development of an Online Medical Training Database
Nicholas Beaty1, COL Julie Zadinsky2
1Center for Total Access, Fort Gordon, GA; 2Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA
P18
A Partnership for Integrating Healthcare Informatics in
the Curriculum
Helen R. Connors, PhD, RN, FAAN
University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS
P19
What Can Bring Medical Simulation to Latin America?
Andrés Adolfo Navarro Newball1,2, MSc, Jorge
Alberto Vélez B. 2,3, MD, HMS, Luis Eduardo Múnera
Salazar2,3,4, PhD, Gregorio Bernabé García5,
PhD
1Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cali, Colombia; 2Colombian
Telemedicine Center, Cali, Colombia; 3Colombian Internet
Health and Medicine Association, Cali, Colombia; 4Icesi
University; 5DITEC, Murcia University, Spain
P20
Distance Education Support for Geographically Isolated EMS
Providers
Vicki Pendleton1, RN, BSN, HP, John Karduck2, MD,
Timothy Reitz2, NREMT-P, Kent Tonkin1, BA, Barbara Demuth1,
RN, MSN, James Bates1, PhD
1Saint Francis University, Center of Excellence for Remote
and Medically Under-Served Areas (CERMUSA), Loretto, PA;
2Conemaugh Health System, Johnstown, PA
eHealth/Internet Based Applications
P21
Quality Assessment of Online Specialty Consultations
Kathleen Kelleher-Fiamma, Nancy Lugn, JD, MBA, Paul
Heinzelman, MD
Partners Telemedicine, Boston MA
P22
21st Century's Telemedicine Will Enter Into Homes
Zhihong Yao1, PhD, Meiqing Shi2
1Rui Jin Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai,
China; 2Shanghai Marine Equipment Research Institute, Shanghai,
China
P23
An Online EMR System For International Telemedicine Consultation
Xiaoming Zhao, MS, Brett Harnett, BS, Azhar Rafiq,
MD, Charles Doarn, MBA, Ronald C. Merrell, MD
Medical Informatics and Technology Applications Consortium
(MITAC), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
P25 A Web-based Tool to Harvest Information and Video
from the Operation Theatre
Lars-Petter Akselsen, Dag Christensen, Harald Karlsen,
Petter Jon Mandt
Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
P26
Telemedicine Application During a Search for Genghis Khan
in Mongolia
Azhar Rafiq1, MD, MBA, Brett Harnett1, Charles Doarn1,
and Ronald C. Merrell1, MD, FACS, Gregg Merrell2, MD
1MITAC, NASA Research Partnership Center, Virginia Commonwealth
University, Richmond, VA; 2Yale University School of Medicine,
New Haven, CT
Emergency Response
P28
Voice Control for Enhanced Battlefield Telemedicine
Gary R. Gilbert1,2, PhD, Tommy Morris2, Troy Turner2,
MS
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 2U.S. Army Medical
Research & Materiel Command (USAMRMC), Telemedicine
& Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), Fort
Detrick, MD
P29
A Rugged Personal Digital Assistant for Military Medics
Gary R. Gilbert1,2, PhD, Tommy Morris2
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 2U.S. Army Medical
Research & Materiel Command (USAMRMC), Telemedicine
& Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), Fort
Detrick, MD
P30
Robotic Emergency Medicine and Danger Detection (REMeD-D)
Anthony J. Laratonda1, MA, James F. Bates1, PhD,
Kent P. Tonkin1, BA, Troy A. Turner2, MBA
1Saint Francis University's Center of Excellence for Remote
and Medically Under-Served Areas (CERMUSA), Loretto, PA;
2U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Command (USAMRMC),
Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC),
Fort Detrick, MD
P31 Tele-Surveillance for Public Safety and Homeland
Security
Peter F. Hu1, MS, CNE, Colin F. Mackenzie1, MD, Yan
Xiao1, PhD, Michael Greenberger2, JD
1University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD;
2Center for Health and Homeland Security, University of
Maryland Schools of Medicine and Law, Baltimore, MD
P32
Transmission of Medical Information for MEDEVAC During Military
Operations CORTIM Project
Alain Puidupin1, Jean-Fabrice Lebraty2, Alain Queyroy3,
Raphaël Pitti4, Gérald Comtet5, Jean-Pierre
Menu5
1Hôpital d'instruction des armées Laveran,
France; 2 21 Marines regiment 21 RIMa Frejus, France; 3CRSSA,
La Tronche, France; 4HIA Legouest, Metz, France; 5Naval
Medical Institute IMNSSA, Toulon, France
P33
FAST STAR - Technical Testing of Video in the Ambulance
Harry Clark1, BS, Michael Caputo2, MS, Michael Ricci,
MD1,2, Cc Irish1, Steve Taylor1, Judy Amour1, MA, Raymond
Scollin1, Patrick Malone2, Jose Salinas3, PhD, Jim Wall4,
PhD
1Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT; 2University
of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington, VT; 3USAISR
Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX; 4Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX
P34
Remote Monitoring and Assessment of Warfighter Physiologic
Status
Jaques Reifman, PhD, Reed Hoyt, PhD
U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Command (USAMRMC),
Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC),
Fort Detrick, MD
P35
A Prediction of the Propagation Path Employing Optical Methods
Hiroshi Juzoji, MD, Isao Nakajima, MD, PhD, Agus
Subekti, MS, Futoshi Ohyama, RN, MN
Tokai University Institute of Medical Sciences, Kanagawa,
Japan
Evaluation of Access & Quality
of Care
P36
An Implementation Manual for Expansion of a Store-Forward
Telehealth Program
Gary S. Michalec, BS, CRA, COA, Mary. G. Lawrence,
MD, MPH, Sandra K. Schmunk, BS, MT-ASCP, MA
VHA Midwest Health Care Network, Minneapolis, MN
P37
Measuring the Effect of Telehealth on Professional Quality
of Life
B. Hudnall Stamm, PhD, Debra Larsen, PhD, Kelly Davis-Griffel,
BA
Institute of Rural Health, Idaho State University, Pocatello,
ID
Homecare & Remote Patient Monitoring
P38
Digital Photography as a Means of Affecting Dietary Change
among People with Type 2 Diabetes: A Proof of Concept Pilot
Project for an Internet-based Diabetes Management Program
Jeana Frost1, MS, Joan Perkins2, MS, Stephanie J.
Fonda2, PhD, Brian Smith1, PhD
1Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; 2Joslin
Diabetes Center, Boston, MA
P39
eVital - Continuous Telemonitoring of Vital Signs in a Residential
Nursing Home
Malcolm Clarke1, PhD, Russell Jones2, MD
1Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom; 2Chorleywood
Health Centre, Chorleywood, United Kingdom
P40
Wireless Telemedicine Applied to Diabetes Management
Dev Anuroop Brar1, MD, Sukhwant S. Khanuja2, PhD
1Nightingale Healthcare, Inc., Carmel, IN; 2Careamtix Inc.,
Chicago, IL
P42 Advancing Cancer Care Through Technology
Rita Kobb1, MS, MN, GNP, BC, Neale Chumbler1, PhD,
Lisa Richardson2, MD, Crystal Todd1, RN, Charlene McCarthy1,
Robert Lodge1, MSW, Karen Morris1, MSN, GNP, BC, Lisa Demanuel1
1Veterans Health Administration, Lake City, FL; 2University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL
P43
Networking in the 21st Century: Telehealth as a Collaboration
Opportunity
Tammy Sanner1, Kathryn Dansky2, PhD
1Pennsylvania Homecare Association, Lemoyne, PA; 2Pennsylvania
State University
P44
Analysis of Using a PDA for Diabetes Management
Steven A. Bickford, AAS, James F. Bates, PhD, Barbara
R. Demuth, RN, MSN, Kent P. Tonkin, BA
Saint Francis University, Center of Excellence for Remote
and Medically Under-Served Areas (CERMUSA), Loretto, PA
P45
The TeleMarker™ - A New Trans-Telephonic Blood Testing
Device
Mayera Elizur1, MD, Michal Golovner1, MD, Eli Oren1,
MSc, Nomi Malov1, RN, Mira Tamari1, RN, Irit Alroy1, Bsc,
Arie Roth2, MD
1SHL Medical Services, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2Tel-Aviv Sourasky
Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
P46
Smart Home Technologies for Aging in Place
George Demiris, PhD, Myra A. Aud, PhD, RN, Marjorie
Skubic, PhD, Harry W. Tyrer, Jr., PhD, Karen Marek, PhD,
RN, Marilyn J. Rantz, PhD, RN
University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
P47
Strategies Used by Home Health Agencies to Promote Telehealth
Kathryn H. Dansky1, PhD, Tammy Sanner2, BA
1Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; 2Pennsylvania
Homecare Association, Lemoyne, PA
P49 A Trial of Home-based Monitoring in the Care of CHF
Patients
J. Sue Myers, PhD, APN, RN, Nancy Lugn, JD, MBA,
Leslie Fawcett Vickers, MSN, RN, CRRN, Joseph C. Kvedar,
MD
Partners Telemedicine, Boston, MA
P50
The Impact of Health e-Technology on the Management of Congestive
Heart Failure Home Patients
Craig Lehmann1, PhD, Judith Folker2, PhD, Joan Lesch3,
MS, Irina Mitzner3
1Stony Brook University, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook,
NY; 2Jewish Home & Hospital Lifecare System, New York,
NY; 3North Shore Long Island Jewish Home Care Network, Long
Island, NY
P51 Improving Effectiveness and Return on Investment
of Telemedicine Programs
Timothy Shimer1, Robert A. MacDonnell1, Sandeep Garg2, Anthony
J. Mele1, PsyD
1Telemedicine Solutions in Healthcare, LLC, Chalfont, PA;
2Carematix Inc., Chicago, IL
P52
An Evaluation of a Telemedicine verses Traditional Obstructive
Sleep Apnea Management Model of Care
Yvonne Taylor1, DrPH(c), RNC, MSN, FNP, Thomas R.
Bigott2, BS, COL Arn Ellission1, MD, LTC David Kristo1,
MD, Teotimo F. Andrada1, MS, RPSG
1Sleep Disorder Center; 2Telemedicine Directorate; Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
P53
Leveraging the Cable Network for Home-based HIV Disease
Management
Robert L. Marier, MD, MHA, Rebecca Clark, MD, Wayne A.
Wilbright, MD, MS, Michael Foster, RN, Tom Winchell,
MPA
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans,
LA
P54
Assessing Nurse-Patient Communication Using Telephone and
Interactive Video
Bonnie J. Wakefield1, PhD, RN, Carma Bylund2, PhD,
John Holman1, MA, Annette Ray1, BSN, RN, Jane Morse1, RN,
Shana Kopaczewski2
1Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA; 2University
of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Human Factors
P55
Telemedicine Administrators and Technology Adoption
Bill Grigsby1, PhD, Jim Grigsby2, PhD, Patricia A.
DeVore2, BS, Marsha J. Paulich2, BA, Sylvia G. Talkington2,
BA, ASN, Natasha Floersch2, BA, Tesfa M. Araya2, MS, Jeff
L. Loker2, BS, Phoebe L. Barton2, PhD, Rachael E. Bennett2,
MA
1Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR; 2University of
Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC), Denver, CO
P56
ABC'S of Telehealth: A Training Toolkit for the NORTH Network
Angela M. Nickoloff, RN, BNSc, Carol Fenton, RN
NORTH Network, Toronto, Canada
P57
Designing Mobile Telemedicine Applications: A Testbed and
Lessons Learned
Yan Xiao1, PhD, David Gagliano2, Peter Hu1, MS, CNE,
Marian P. LaMonte1, MD, Colin F. Mackenzie1, MD
1 University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore,
MD; 2 Northrop Grumman, Reston, VA
P58
Referring Physicians' Attitudes Toward Interactive Video
Telemedicine for Consultation
Rachael E. Bennett1, MA, Patricia A. DeVore1, BS,
Tesfa M. Araya1, MS, Phoebe L. Barton1, PhD, Jeffrey R.
Bontrager1, BA, Natasha Floersch1, BA, Glenn K. Goodrich1,
MS, Jeff L. Loker1, BS, Marsha J. Paulich1, BA, Sylvia G.
Talkington1, BA, ASN, Bill Grigsby, PhD2, Jim Grigsby1,
PhD
1University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver,
CO; 2Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR
International
P59
Communications & Information Support for the Ambulant
Health Worker
Nathaniel R. Merriam, Charles R. Doarn, MBA, Ronald
C. Merrell, MD, FACS
MITAC, NASA Research Partnership Center, Virginia Commonwealth
University, Richmond, VA
P60 Asia-Pacific e-Health Activities for the World Summit
on the Information Society
Norio Kimura1, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Juzoji2, MD, Isao
Nakajima2, MD, PhD
1Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan; 2Tokai
University Institute of Medical Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan
P61
Evaluation of Telemedical Technologies and Its Applications
in the Colombian Conflict
Jorge Alberto Vélez B.1,2,MD, HMS, Andrés
Adolfo Navarro Newball, MSc1,2, Luis Eduardo Múnera
Salazar1,2,3, PhD, Alberto Kopec1,2, MD, Captain Alvaro
Faccini4, MD
1Colombian Telemedicine Center, Cali, Colombia; 2Colombian
Internet Health and Medicine Association, Cali, Colombia;
3Icesi University; 4Colombian Navy Medical Corps
P62
Telemedicine in Latin America: Panorama, Trends and Impact
Jorge Alberto Vélez B., MD, HMS, Andrés
Adolfo Navarro Newball, MSc
Colombian Telemedicine Center, Cali, Colombia
P64 Telemedicine Application in Maha Kumbhmela (Indian
Festival) with Large Congregation
Saroj Kanta Mishra1, MS, Archana Ayyagari1, MD, Mahendra
Bhandari1, MS, Sanjay Gandhi1, B.S. Bedi2, Mtech, Ragesh
Shah3, PhD
1Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences,
Lucknow, India; 2Department of Information Technology, Government
of India, New Delhi, India; 3Online Telemedicine Research
Institute, Ahmedabad, India
Mental
Health
P66
Web-Based Elicitation of Mental Health Outcomes Among Dually
Diagnosed Veterans
Lisa J. Roberts1, PhD, Brittney Beck1, MS, Patrick
McKnight1, PhD, Leslie A. Lenert2, MD, Daniel R. Kivlahan1
1VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA; 2VA San
Diego Health Care System, La Jolla, CA
P67
Validity of Telemedicine Assessment of Neurobehavioral Consequences
of TBI
Deborah L. Warden1,2, MD, Laurie M. Ryan1,2, PhD,
Molly B. Sparling1, BA, Kara S. Comins1, BS, Kim T. Mohres1,
BS, Gwendolyn E. Roberson1, MA, Thomas R. Boal3, PhD, Zhengyi
Sun3, MS, COL Robert J. Labutta2,4, MC
1Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Walter Reed Army
Medical Center, Washington, DC; 2Uniformed Services University
of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; 3Telemedicine Directorate,
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC; 4Department
of Neurology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
DC
P68
Telebehavioral Virtual Clinic and Web-Based Behavioral Health
Record System
Grigorii Gadiyak, PhD, COL Steve Cozza, MC, COL Swarnalatha
Prasanna, MD, COL Ryo Sook Chun, MD, William Parker, MS,
Valeriya Gadiyak, PhD, COL Ronald K. Poropatich, MD
U.S. Army, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC
P69
Effect of Web-based Mental Health Intake on Parent/Provider
Satisfaction
COL Ryo Sook Chun, MD, Donna Edison, DO, COL Stephen Cozza,
MD, LTC Nancy Black, MD, William Parker, MS, Grigorii Gadiyak,
PhD, Sona P. Patel, MPH
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
P70
Effectiveness of Personal Communications on Psychological
Stress in Isolation Space
Hiroshi Juzoji, MD, Atsushi Ichimura, MD, Norio Kimura,
MD, PhD, Isao Nakajima, MD, PhD
Tokai University Institute of Medical Sciences, Kanagawa,
Japan
Military Applications
P71
SERMC Absent Sick Database
Jeanette Rasche, MS
Center for Total Access, Fort Gordon, GA
P72 The North Atlantic Regional Medical Command's Telemedicine
Health Portal
Thomas R. Bigott, BS, Zhengyi Sun, MS, Daisy DeWitt,
MS, Brian J. Quinn, BS
Telemedicine Directorate, Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
Washington, DC, North Atlantic Regional Medical Command
P73
Telemedicine of the Czech Army
Ltc. Ing. Karel Antos, PhD, Ing. Bruno Jezek, PhD,
Col. Assoc. Prof. Roman Prymula, MD, PhD
Purkyne Military Medical Academy Hradec Kralové,
Czech Republic
Ocular Telehealth
P74
Virtual Surgical Telesimulations in Ophthalmology
Andrés Adolfo Navarro Newball1,2, MSc, Jorge
A. Velez2, MD, Jorge E. Satizabal3, MD, Luis E. Múnera4,
PhD, Gregorio B. García5
1Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cali, Colombia; 2Colombian
Telemedicine Center, Cali, Colombia; 3Clínica de
Oftalmología de Cali, Colombia; 4Icesi University;
5DITEC, Murcia University, Spain
P75
Automated Retinal Image Analysis in a Teleophthalmology
Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program
Roberto Hornero, PhD, Clara Isabel Sánchez,
MD, María Isabel López, PhD
University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
P76
The Doctor-Patient Relationship in the Matrix Era
Giselle C. Ricur, MD, Roberto Zaldivar, MD, M. Gabriela
Batiz, IT, ING
Instituto Zaldivar, Mendoza, Argentina
P77
Joslin Vision Network: Evidence Supporting Need for Comprehensive
Disease Management
Kari-Jo Coll1, RN, Deborah Birkmire-Peters2, PhD,
Marianne V. Pelletier1, BA; Jerry Cavallerano3, OD, PhD,
Sven Bursell3,4, PhD, Weldon A. Dunlap1, MD, R. Kevin Winkle1,
MD, Lloyd M. Aiello3,4, MD
1Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI; 2John A. Burns
School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI;
3Beetham Eye Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston,
MA; 4Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
P78
American Telemedicine Association Position Statement: Standards
and Guidelines in Telehealth for Diabetic Retinopathy
Jerry Cavallerano, OD, PhD
Beetham Eye Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA
P79
TATRC Ocular Tele-Health Workshop
Robert Read, MBA
U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Command (USAMRMC),
Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC),
Fort Detrick, MD
P80
Clinical Pathway for an Ocular Telehealth Model for Diabetic
Retinopathy
Barry M. Fisch1, OD, Paul Conlin1,2, MD, Jerry Selvin1,
OD, Jennifer De Vita2, OD, Anthony Cavallerano1, OD, Robert
Dunphy1, OD, James Aylward1, OD, Beatrice Blake4, COA, Michael
Rynne4, MD, Judie Beard1, BA
1VA Boston Health Care System, Boston, MA; 2Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA; 3New England College of Optometry, Boston,
MA; 4Togus VA Medical Center, Togus, ME
P81
Computer Real-Time Analysis in Mobile Ocular Screening
Ying-Ling A. Chen1, PhD, J.W. L. Lewis1, PhD, Karen
Fox2, BSEE, MBA
1University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, TN;
2 University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis,
TN
Pathology
P82
A Development Plan of the Next Generation Telepathology
System
Ikuo Tofukuji1, ME, Takashi Sawai2, MD
1Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., Sunto-Gun, Japan, Shizuoka &
Niigata University, Niigata, Japan; 2Iwate Medical University,
Morioka, Japan
Pediatrics
P83
Low Birth Weight Patterns: Assessing Telemedical Access
Inequality in Arkansas
David Britt1, PhD, Alana Hulen2, MSW, Becky Butler2,
MSSW, Judith McGhee3, MD, Helen H. Kay2, MD, Curtis Lowery2,
MD
1St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Little Rock, AR;
2University of Arkansas for Medical Science, Little Rock,
AR; 3Arkansas Medicaid, Little Rock, AR
P85 DiabetesWorld: Social Support for Adolescents on
the Web
Linda M. Siminerio1, RN, PhD, Bruce Rosenthal2, MD,
Amy Burkert3, PhD, Joe Mertz3, PhD, Cathy Cooper Poole4,
RN, SN, Denise Charron-Prochownik1, RN, PhD
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 2Mercy Hospital,
Pittsburgh, PA; 3Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
PA; 4University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh,
PA
P86
Parents' Communication Satisfaction with Physicians: Comparing
Face-to-Face and Telemedicine Consults
Ashley Spaulding, BA, Adrianne Kunkel, PhD
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Rehabilitation
P87
Promoting Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement Activities
in Rehabilitation Facilities
James F. Bates, PhD, Eric S. Muncert, Barbara R.
Demuth, RN, MSN
National Telerehabilitation Service System, CERMUSA at Saint
Francis University, Johnstown, PA
P88 Neuromuscular Rehabilitation via Telebiofeedback as
a Portal for Home Care
LTC Raul Marin1, MD, Tamara Cyhan1, RN, BSN, Krista
Coleman4, PT PhD, MAJ Susan Davis1, SP, MAJ Lynn Lowe1,
SP, Ernie Hoffstetter2, Russell Henderson2, Barri Miller3,
PT, Jill Schuyler3
1Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC; 2Telemedicine
Directorate, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
DC; 3Gait Lab, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
DC; 4Enhanced Mobility Technologies, Minnetonka, MN
Rural & Extreme Environments
P89
A Case Study In Testing a Telemedicine Deployment Extreme
Environments
Edward E. Kensinger, Clark DuCharme, BS, TMIP, Warren
L. Whitlock, MD, Jeanette Rasche, MS
Center for Total Access, Fort Gordon, GA
P90
Caring for Remote Populations: Evaluation of a Novel Fixed
Telemedicine Work Station in Ecuador
Russell S. Hummel, III, MSBME, NREMT-P, Stephen C.
Cone, MD, Azhar Rafiq, MD, Ronald Merrell, MD, FACS
Medical Informatics and Technology Applications Consortium
(MITAC), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
P91
Rural Health Care Providers: Telehealth Presentation &
Data Collection Acceptability
Debra Larsen, PhD, B. Hudnall Stamm, PhD, Kelly Davis-Griffel,
BS
Institute of Rural Health, Idaho State University, Pocatello,
ID
School-based
P92
Project ASSIST
Thomas Gallagher, MD
Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
Statewide & Regional Programs
P93
The Texas Telehealth Resource Center: A Virtual Reality
Jeanette Hartshorn, RN, PhD, FAAN, Ben G. Raimer,
MD
University of Texas Medical Branch Telehealth Center, Galveston,
TX
P94
Forming a State-Wide Telehealth Alliance in New Mexico
Dale C. Alverson1, MD, Suzanne Shannon1, MS, Amanda
Prill1, BA, MBA, Eileen Sullivan1, MLIS, Glen Effertz1,
MBA, Alistair Preston2, PhD, Steven Beffort2, BBA
1Center for Telehealth, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
NM; 2Anderson Schools of Management, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM
Surgery
P96
The Development of the U.S. Army Tele-Neurosurgical Consultation
Network
LTC James M. Ecklund1, MC USA, Thomas R. Bigott2,
BS, Cheryl Sales2, BS, CDR Ross R. Moquin1, MC USNR, MD
1Neurosurgery Service; 2Telemedicine Directorate; Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, North Atlantic
Regional Medical Command
P97
Routine Use of Telerobotic Remote Surgery
Mehran Anvari1, MB BS, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, Craig McKinley2,
MSc EE, MD
1Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, McMaster University,
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; 2North Bay General Hospital,
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
P99 The Feasibility of Using Ultrasound and Laryngoscopy
in a Mobile Telemedicine Consult
Kerry Sibert1, BS, Michael A. Ricci1,2, MD, Michael
Caputo1, MS
1University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington,
VT; 2Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT
Technology
P100
Mobile Communications Platform (MCP)
Anthony J. Laratonda1, MA, James F. Bates1, PhD,
Kent P. Tonkin1, BA, Troy A. Turner2, MBA
1Saint Francis University's Center of Excellence for Remote
and Medically Under-Served Areas (CERMUSA), Loretto, PA;
2U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Command (USAMRMC),
Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC),
Fort Detrick, MD
P101 The AEDR Data Warehouse Provides Evidence-based Medicine
and Process Management
Thomas W. Greig, MD, MPH, Martin D. Quattlebaum,BS
ITS, U.S. Army Aeromedical Activity, Fort Rucker, AL
P102
Deploying an Encrypted Wireless Network For Handheld and
Laptop Systems
Kenneth A Wood, Marc R. Johnson
Capitol I.T. Solutions, Inc.; U.S. Army Medical Research
& Materiel Command (USAMRMC), Telemedicine & Advanced
Technology Research Center (TATRC), Fort Detrick, MD
P103 Which Service is Most Cost-effective, 3G FOMA or HEO?
Isao Nakajima1, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Juzoji1, MD, Futoshi
Ohyama1, RN, MN, Norio Kimura2, MD, PhD
1Tokai University Institute of Medical Sciences, Kanagawa,
Japan; 2Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
