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Mobile Digital Telemammography Phase II. History: Phase I - feasibility study completed 2002 Phase II – demonstration & evaluation of the mobile digital women’s health concept. Mobile Digital Telemammography Phase II. Mobile Digital Telemammography Phase II. What is Aberdeen Area MDT?:
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Mobile Digital Telemammography Phase II History: • Phase I - feasibility study completed 2002 • Phase II – demonstration & evaluation of the mobile digital women’s health concept
Mobile Digital Telemammography Phase II What is Aberdeen Area MDT?: • Mobile clinic with telemedicine capabilities • Provide access to breast & cervical cancer screening for AI/AN women on reservations within Aberdeen Area
Mobile Digital Telemammography Phase II • Services: Digital Mammography Post-mammogram breast ultrasound Pap-smears, Breast Exams Bone density studies
Mobile Digital Telemammography Phase II • Services Cont’ Blood screening-Hemoglobin, A1c. Random blood glucose and lipid profiles (fingerstick) Health Risk Assessments
Participating Sites 1st Year: Trenton Fort Berthold Ft. Yates/McLaughlin Belcourt/Dunseith Pine Ridge Rosebud Sisseton Winnebago Mobile Digital Telemammography Phase II
Mobile Digital Telemammography Phase II Partners & funding sources: • Komen Foundation • Johns Hopkins-Joe Gitlin • General Electric ( GE) • IHS Headquarters/AAO • Congressional Appropriations • Health Resources Services Admin. (HRSA) • State BCCP
Mobile Digital Telemammography Phase II • Projected Start Dates: Community Education/Awareness– August 2005 (NPTEC) Exams to begin – Early 2006 Project 2 years...maybe 5 years
Mobile Digital Telemammography Phase II Current Status: • Organizational meetings w/ participating sites – Completed March 2005 • Staffing – Solicitation Deadline July 18, 2005 • Reading Contract – Pending • Community Outreach – NPTEC • Billing Issues – Ongoing • Policies & Procedures – Draft • Evaluation – Awaiting Final Submission to IRB
Model Team • CEO or their designee • Public Health Nursing • Providers (i.e. CNM, CNP, PA, MD) • Health Education • Community Outreach • Lab • Radiology • Tribal Health Department • State Breast & Cervical Cancer Program
Mobile Digital Telemammography Phase II Contact Information : Tina Russell, Health System Specialist Office of Women’s Health AA-IHS Telephone: (605) 226-7726 Email: tina.russell@ihs.gov
Mobile Digital Telemammography Phase II Contact Information : Paulette R. High Elk NPTEC Community Outreach Coordinator AATCHB 605-721-1922 x 129 epihighelk@aatchb.org