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State Demographics
RUPRI Demographics & Economic Profile: LouisianaRural Assistance Center (RAC) State Profile U.S. Census Bureau State & County Quick Facts USDA State Fact Sheets: Louisiana |
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Legislation
Louisiana Telemedicine LegislationState telemedicine legislation addresses various providers, including physicians, dentists, chiropractors, nurses, and other health professionals. This site includes telemedicine-related laws; however, it does not include all appropriations bills that fund telemedicine initiatives. |
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Telemedicine
Home Telehealth ProgramsTelehealth programs listed by state. Medical Information and Telemedicine Program The program supports spoke and hub videoconferencing sites across Louisiana, enabling delivery of clinical, educational and administrative content to patients and healthcare professionals at multiple state agencies and rural locations. Telemedicine Information Exchange A list of telemedicine and telehealth programs for all states. Tulane Telemedicine Enterprise TTME is located within the Tulane Center for Clinical Effectiveness and Prevention (TCCEP) on the Tulane University Health Sciences Center campus. TCCEP targets the integration of information technology in improving and expanding clinical medicine and public health care service capabilities with ongoing research, education and professional consultation. Video Services and Telehealth Video Services & TeleHealth, a Section of the Department of Biometry at LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, operates a statewide videoconferencing network providing healthcare outreach to both rural and urban sites in Louisiana. |
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Health Information Exchange (HIE) and Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO)
HIMSS HIT DashboardClick on your state to see a list of Health Information Exchanges (HIE) and Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO) and other Health Information Technology related projects going on throughout the states. Louisiana Rural Health Imformation Exchange Counts First Success Delhi Hospital, a small rural hospital in Delhi, LA, recently became the first successful pilot site of the Louisiana Rural Health Information Exchange (LARHIX). |
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Grant Funded HIT Projects
$1.5 Million Grant to Establish Health Information Network in Po
The $1.5 million grant will link 11 rural health care providers serving the region. Network members include Pointe Coupee General Hospital, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, four local rural health clinics managed by Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in New Roads, Innis Community Health Center, Better Access to Community Health, two private practice primary care clinics and Pointe Coupee Homebound Health and Hospice. 2007 USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Recipients October 1, 2007 . Acting Agriculture Secretary Conner announced the selection of 78 grant recipients for Distance Learning and Telemedicine grants totaling $22.3 million in 31 states. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grant program was created to improve access to education and medical services through the use of technology. Of the grants announced today, 38 will provide access to medical services and 40 will be used to improve educational opportunities. The grant funds will be awarded to the selected recipients contingent upon meeting the conditions of the grant agreement. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) HIT Grants In September 2004, the Agency for Health care Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded $139 million in contracts and grants to promote the use of health information technology (health IT) through the development of networks for sharing clinical data as well as projects for planning, implementing, and demonstrating the value of health IT. Click on the link above to see what grants have been awarded in this state. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) HIT Implementa HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today announced the award of more than $22.3 million to 16 grantees to implement health information technology (health IT) systems to improve the safety and quality of health care. These projects will contribute to AHRQ's capacity to learn from health IT implementation in clinical settings and to use the results from these real-world laboratories that are crucial to moving forward with broader implementation of health IT in American health care. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Telehealth G In 2005, HRSA administered 159 telehealth/telemedicine projects. Of those, 92 were awarded funds totaling more than $34.9 million. Projects receive funds in one of four ways: The Telehealth Network Grant Program, Rural Telemedicine Grant Program, Congressionally Mandated Projects, and Special Projects. NLM Knowledge Management & Applied Information Grants Grants to health-related and scientific organizations that wish to optimize the utility of clinical and research information.NLM anticipates making 8-10 new awards each year, spending approximately $4 million per year to support new awards in this program. Rural Assistance Center's List of Funding Opportunities for Loui Up-to-date summaries of funding programs are provided by RAC for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information. State Awarded Contract to Develop Health Information Network The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has been awarded a federal contract to develop a prototype of health information sharing and electronic health record support that can be used throughout the Gulf Coast region. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Distance Learning Follow the link above to see what USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program Awards have been given out in this state. |
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HIT Survey Information
Louisiana's Responses for the 2006 TASC HIT SurveyThe Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC) surveyed 15 Critical Access Hospitals in Louisiana to identify their use of HIT. All of the CAHs have at least six beds (swing and acute not including DPU) and a little less than half of them have 25 beds. A summary of the survey is as follows:
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Other HIT Activities
eHealth Initiative
Louisiana Health Care Redesign Collaborative Louisiana State Office of Rural Health New DHH Budget to Include Enhanced Funding for Health Informatio The new funding supports several statewide initiatives toward the goal of ensuring every Louisianan has a privacy-protected electronic medical record, and ensuring health care providers have access to relevant information they need to provide the best quality health care. Rural hospitals link to LSU database It's part of a new technology initiative in northern Louisiana to automate rural hospitals and connect them to the LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport. |
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