William Heberden School of Telemedicine

June 21-22, 2010

Presented at the Solomon Telemedicine Hub, Palm Drive Hospital, Sebastopol CA

In partnership with Palm Drive Hospital, OffSiteCare is pleased to announce a two-day educational program on robotic telemedicine for clinicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. The program is offered semi-annually, and provides comprehensive training on extending consultative critical care, stroke intervention, infectious disease control, and other specialty medicine services to rural ICUs, ERs and wards. Classes cover a broad range of subjects, and include hands-on training for operating the InTouch RP-7 robot.

Tuition: $300 per person.

Please note: CME credits are available for RNs.

Curriculum

Overview: Implementation of Robotic and Portal-based Telemedicine Services at Six Rural Hospitals and a Skilled Nursing Facility in Northern CA

  • Neurology/Acute Stroke applications of telemedicine in rural hospitals
  • Adult and Pediatric Critical Care applications of telemedicine in rural hospitals
  • Applications for telemedicine-based Nephrology, including dialysis over the Internet
  • Treatment and management of Infectious Diseases in rural hospitals
  • Robotic and Physical Exam regarding inspection, auscultation, and ultrasound use in the ICU, ER, and ward
  • Emergency Room applications for robotic telemedicine
  • Hospitalist applications of telemedicine in rural hospitals
  • Nocturnist applications for robotic telemedicine
  • Delivering ICU consultations from a high-acuity national intensivist call panel
  • Applications of Skype-type telemedicine consultative care in SNFs, schools, prisons, and other facilities
  • Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) and telemedicine - a natural pairing
  • Telemedicine Billing Techniques for rural medical facilities
  • Development of a Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program, based on telemedicine-based teaching rounds
  • International Telemedicine programs for underserved areas worldwide
  • Hands-on Robotic Driving and function in the ICU, ER, and ward
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