KO Telehealth utilization reaches all time high the last quarter of 2005
KO Telehealth is pleased to announce that the program is reaching all time highs for clinical, educational and training events...
October saw clinical events hitting over 100 for the second time in 2005 with November seeing the highest results yet. November consisted of 111 clinical events and 88 public health and wellness education events. Please click to review the detailed utilization statistics 'KOTH Utilization Statistics'.
The record setting clinical events utilization is the direct result of KO Telehealth's Community Telehealth Coordinators (CTCs)facilitating scheduled events from 8:00-4:30. Emergency after hours support is also provided by the CTCs, as required.
In order for the community telehealth programs to manage the available bandwidth for the video conferencing needs of the communities, full time coordinators are required to ensure the doctors can see patients in their home communities. This dedication towards the improvement and enhancement to health care services in the communities is the direct result of the community members acceptance to incorporate new technologies into their local health integration initiatives.
These locally owned and operated telehealth programs need to be sustained with the reinvestment of savings into local priorities. Local priorities ranging from educating and training community members into certified telehealth coordinators to ensure community human resource development.
Please visit the KO Telehealth Website for up-to-date news and information surrounding the program.