UMMC Telehealth Research Program
UMMC Projects
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…
RPM Collaboration with FQHCs and Other Rural Entities
Many rural clinics including FQHCs are actively planning to implement RPM for improving their patient population with chronic diseases. However, many such entities lack the…
Home-Based Cardiac Rehab Program
Cardiac rehab has been shown to impact secondary prevention after cardiac events, most patients in rural areas have difficulty accessing care because ofdistance to facility-based…