UMMC Telehealth Research Program
UMMC Projects
Mississippi School Based Telehealth Project
In this workplan we will study the impact of the software on overall utilization of the school-based Telehealth services, its clinical impact and satisfaction of…
Inpatient Specialty Consults to Rural Hospitals
According to the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) and GlobalMed.com rural areas have 39.8 physicians per 100,000 people, as opposed to 53.3 physicians per 100,000…
National Telehealth Data Warehouse
This project aims to construct a National Telehealth Data Dictionary to identify standard elements for the state-of-the-art telehealth programs. The National Telehealth Data Dictionary…
Project ECHO - Dermatology
One in four primary care visits includes some type of skin complaint. In Mississippi, there are nearly 50,000 patients per one dermatologist and patients often…
Creating Library of Emerging Telehealth Technologies including AI.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the exponential rise in utilization of Telehealth has lead to emergence of new technologies for various modalities of Telehealth that include…
TCOE Education and Outreach
This project is designed to support programs that encourage provider and patient support of Telehealth, inform the public of current activities underway that utilize Telehealth,…
Providing In-patient Telehealth to Rural Hospitals-Connected Network for Rural Hospitals
Many critical access hospitals in rural states have to transfer patients to other medical centers that provide higher level of care. Sometimes, if beds are…
Increase Telehealth Virtual Visits for Rural Patients
While there was a significant uptick in the outpatient Telehealth visits during the COVID pandemic, many specialties have seen a decrease in outpatient visits performed…