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Telemedicine: Providing Care Closest to Home

Telemedicine: Providing Care Closest to Home. Debbie Voyles, MBA HOM Director of Telemedicine F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health. Ratio of Providers per 100,000 Population. El Paso to Lubbock: 343 mi. / 6 hrs. ACCESS For Dermatology & Burn. 7 0 0. DERMATOLOGY

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Telemedicine: Providing Care Closest to Home

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  1. Telemedicine: Providing Care Closest to Home Debbie Voyles, MBA HOM Director of Telemedicine F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health

  2. Ratio of Providers per 100,000 Population

  3. El Paso to Lubbock: 343 mi. / 6 hrs. ACCESS For Dermatology & Burn 7 0 0 DERMATOLOGY Dermatologist accepting Medicaid BURN CARE

  4. El Paso to LubbockBurn

  5. 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

  6. Bringing the Physician to the Patient

  7. Texas Tech Telemedicine Contact Information Debbie Voyles, MBA HOM Director debbie.voyles@ttuhsc.edu 806-743-4440 www.ttuhsc.edu/telemedicine

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