• Telepartners in Early Diagnosis and Intervention for Children with Disabilities in Remote Communities
  Year One Progress Report - July, 1999
  
  
• Telepartners in Early Diagnosis and Intervention for Children with Disabilities in Remote Communities
  Year Two Progress Report - May 19, 1999 - January 25, 2000
  
  
• Telepartners in Early Diagnosis and Intervention for Children with Disabilities in Remote Communities
  Year Three Final Report - March 2002
  
  
• Ongoing Videoconferencing Outreach following the end of the Telepartners Project.
  Since the end of the Telepartners project, videoconsultation to community clinics and physicians has continued through the CHART Project at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center. Mental health consultation (77.4% of requests) has continued to be the greatest need in the rural and remote communities we serve. Consultations with school districts via the Washington State K-20 Network are also continuing on a fee for service basis.
  
  
• Washington State Community Outreach - Final Report
  The Washington State Children's Community Health Access Project (WSCCHAP) 1992-1999
  
  
• APA Monitor on Psychology - "Taking Time and Space Out of Service Delivery"
  An article by Lisa Rabasca about Stephen Sulzbacher's telehealth practice.
  
  
• Northwest Science & Technology - "Telehealth: Can new internet and comuter technologies enhance access to healthcare?" (4.3K PDF)*
  An article by Jennifer O'Neil about facilitaing healthcare through use of telecommunications and the Internet.
  
  
• Washington Video Relay Services (WAVRS)
  This service provides American Sign Language users an opportunity to communicate by video conferencing, using their native language, which may be preferred over the traditional TTY relay service.
  (See also, videoconference example "Sign Language Interpretation using WAVRS)
  
  
• Video Conferencing Cookbook
  A free on-line publication produced by ViDE, the Video Development Initiative, to provide educators and developers with an easy-to-read, concise, and complete reference to videoconferencing.
  
  
• Telemedicine Reimbursement Study
  The primary current barrier to more extensive use for telehealth consultation is the issue of reimbursement. Four case studies are presented here.
  
  
• Rural Pediatric Telehealth Consultation in the Pacific Northwest
  A data-based article submitted to Journal of Special Education Technology by the authors of this tutorial summarizing their clinical telehealth experience over the past decade.
  
  
• Representative Rural Outreach Projects
  • The WWAMI Experience
    WWAMI provided the foundations of collaboration on which later teleconferencing efforts were based.
    
    
  • University of Missouri
    Learn more about the Missouri Telehealth Network and review a consult.
    
    
  • The Iowa Network
    Review an Iowa Communications Network consult.

   

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