Teleconferences High Risk OB Reaching out through a growing real-time, interactive video network, ANGELS continues to develop evidence-based guidelines with the combined expertise of physicians across Arkansas. This collaborative forum provides health care providers an opportunity to define best practices for selected conditions and peer-review of high-risk cases. Discussions are lively and informative with case studies presented by providers across the state. Specialists from multiple disciplines contribute current expertise and management practices. The High-Risk Obstetrics Teleconferences are offered every Thursday from 7:00 – 8:00 AM. For more information regarding the guidelines or the collaborative teleconferencing programs, please contact the ANGELS Call Center: (501) 526-7425 or toll-free at (866) 273-3835. Neonatal Evidence-based neonatal guidelines continue to be developed with the combined expertise of physicians across Arkansas and specialists from multiple disciplines. The first purpose of the Neonatal Teleconference is to assist the doctors of Arkansas to keep up with the best current neonatal medical practices. The guidelines, along with an illustrative case presentation, are used to achieve this purpose. The second purpose of the teleconference is to provide a regularly recurring setting in which Arkansas doctors can interact with UAMS doctors. Getting to learn from each other, as well as getting to know each other better, can only help us to provide better care for sick newborns.   The Neonatal Teleconference will be included in the Peds PLACE initiative held on the third Thursday of the of every month from 12:15 - 1:15 PM.   Obstetrical Neonatal Exchange (ONE Team) Each month, maternal/infant nurses meet for statewide nursing grand rounds via teleconferencing. The obstetrical neonatal teleconference is held on the first and second Friday of every month from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM. Nurses have an opportunity to discuss with their colleagues cases and events that relate to the everyday practice of obstetrical and newborn nursing, evidence-based practices, and current standards for patient care. In Arkansas, high-risk obstetrical and newborn patients are often transferred from rural hospitals to a tertiary care facility in the center of the state. Communication and continuity of care are crucial to provide the best care for these patients. The nursing teleconference provides a forum for nurses in rural areas to find out the ‘rest of the story’ for both mother and baby regarding continuity of care at a tertiary center and discuss ACOG/AWHONN standards related to specific diagnoses. OB/GYN Grand Rounds The UAMS department of OB/GYN hosts a weekly grand rounds every Wednesday morning from 8:00 - 8:50 AM. This interactive teleconference provides physicians and other medical professionals the opportunity to present clinical and research topics relating to OB/GYN and other areas that concern women’s primary health care. Speakers and presenters include OB/GYN faculty, 3rd and 4th year residents, and physicians and specialists from other departments within UAMS. An invitation to present and participate has also been extended to speakers from other hospitals and organizations. This diverse blend of physicians, specialists, and medical professionals will ultimately lead to a more comprehensive view of patient management. Fetal Anomaly Interdisciplinary Management (FAIM) Our goals will include: reviewing normal and abnormal prenatal ultrasound/MRI findings, refining diagnoses, establishing better management plans, discussing recurrence risks, prognosis and /or prevention, and reviewing new medical technologies that may aid in the overall care of these babies. In addition, we hope to examine the psychosocial needs of such affected families, so that we may take even better care of them The FAIM teleconference will be held the fourth Friday of each month from 7:30 - 8:30 AM. Peds PLACE The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital invites you to a weekly Pediatric Tele-educational Conference held every Thursday from 12:15 - 1:15 PM covering a different pediatric problem each week.  This interactive conference allows all the connecting sites to interact with the speaker and with each other in real time. The conference will begin with a case presentation which illustrates the topic to be discussed. The speaker will frequently have written a guideline covering the topic discussed, which will be posted on the Web, and will use the case presentation to guide us through the most important parts of the guideline. Childhood Obesity Case Conference A new quarterly teleconference begins Monday August 4, 2008 from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM. This conference will provide a forum to discuss and present cases that are relevant to the treatment and prevention of childhood obesity and will be available to hospitals and practitioners around the state. For more information, please contact the Center for Distance Health 501-686-8514.

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