The founders of the Center for Distance Health (CDH) have
long been immersed in educational distance health efforts, thus the CDH
seeks to provide education through distance health technology to an array
of participants, including physicians, clinicians, patients, medical students,
and more. Below are a few examples of the CDH's educational initiatives.
Telehealth Resource
Center: The CDH provides education through telehealth, but also provides
education regarding telehealth. With the CDH's core team's expertise in
distance health technology, the CDH is seeking to establish a Telehealth
Resource Center to serve Arkansas and the Delta region. This Resource
Center would provide technological assessment and advisement on appropriate
telehealth technologies for organizations interested in expanding or establishing
telehealth systems. Once launched, the Telehealth Resource Center will
provide the informational resources needed for any health organization
to successfully and efficiently branch into distance health.
Train
& Maintain: Train & Maintain is a technology training initiative
created by the CDH in association with the Arkansas Division of Health
(DOH). The Center for Distance Health will provide training, coordination,
and support for telehealth resources in Arkansas, allowing for smooth
interoperability between the three Arkansas telehealth networks: the
UAMS Network, the DOH Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Network, and
the DOH Local Health Unit Network. With federally funded bioterrorism
lines installed throughout Arkansas, Train & Maintain seeks to provide
telehealth expertise to those operating this equipment in Arkansas'
hospitals by administering training to increase knowledge, comfort,
and ability to respond to an emergency, while maintaining line connectivity
and testing at all hospitals.
If you have a distance health educational idea or need, please
contact
us with your request.
University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences / College of Medicine
Center for Distance Health
4301 West Markham Street #518 / Little Rock, AR 72205
(866) 273-3835 Toll-Free or (501) 526-7425