News Articles

Below is a list of links to articles about telehealth which may also mention MTN.

Non-Native English Speakers Face Numerous Linguistic, Cultural Barriers to Medical Care (California Healthline)

Telemedicine Primed to Become Major Revenue Driver for SPs (Screen Play Magazine)

Doctor, Can You See Me Now? (The Wall Street Journal)

Interpreters Step Up for Better Health (St. Louis Today)

Medical Interpreters Break Language Barriers in Health Care (MU News Bureau - University of Missouri)

 

MO-TIP Project Gets Underway

In the recent "MU Medical School Update" an article was written highlighting the Missouri Telehealth Interpretation Project's (MO-TIP's) first patient visit to be seen over telehealth with a language interpreter. As the article describes the connection was a 3-way call with the patient, physician and interpreter all in different locations. You can read the article below.

http://som.missouri.edu/Update/2009

Below is a pdf with a fact sheet about MO-TIP as well as a form to request interpretive services:

MO-TIP Fact Sheet (.pdf)

Telehealth Interpretation Request Form (.pdf)

 

MU Pathology Department Uses Telehealth

MU Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences is able to expand its service area by using telehealth. Through the use of MTN the MU medical examiners are able to review cases remotely with scene investigators in Greene County. An article in "MU Medical School Update" discusses this in further detail. See link below:

http://som.missouri.edu/Update/2009

 

Telehealth in the News

During Telehealth Month 2008 MTN was featured on KOMU-TV. The link is below:

Telehealth Eases Health Care

Center for Health Policy Newsletter

MTN was featured in the Center for Health Policy Newsletter in June as a way to increase access to health care. Below is the newsletter.

Increasing Access to Healthcare through Telehealth - page 4 (.pdf)

 

Cost Savings Report

Below is a cost savings report published in November 2007 by the Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL). MTN's Medical Director, Karen Edison, MD was a member of the advisory board for this report.

The Value of Provider-to-Provider Telehealth Technologies (.pdf)

 

MTN in the News

Below are a few articles about MTN found in the news this past year. One article is in a PDF format and the second article is found at the link listed.

Technology Aids Rural Health Care (.pdf)

http://www.nevadadailymail.com/story/1252345.html