Telehealth: What's Happening in The Calgary Health Region
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Telehealth: What’s Happening in The Calgary Health Region Virtual Care. Virtually Anywhere.
Transcript of Telehealth: What's Happening in The Calgary Health Region
Telehealth:What’s Happening in The Calgary Health
Region
Virtual Care. Virtually Anywhere.
Program History
• 90% of basic and special needs funding went
to Education
• 2 clinical areas received funding:• Pediatric• Teletoxicology
• Other clinical services will be joint effort
between the clinical service and Telehealth
Teleconsulting• Current Programs Include:
– Geriatrics Consultation between RGH and Red Deer
– Clinical Case conferences province wide
– Genetics Consultation between ACH and Red Deer, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge
– Poison and Drug Information Services
– Telemental Health
– Discharge Planning
What’s on the Horizon
• Geriatric Psychiatry• Southern Alberta Renal Program• Tele-stroke Program• Trauma Services• Emergency Services• Provincial Bone & Joint Services• Foot Clinic
Telelearning• Family Medicine• Pediatrics• Pharmacy• Internal Medicine• Nursing Best Practice
Rounds• Psychiatry• Pathology rounds• Calgary Health Link
joint training with Capital Health Link
• Anesthesiology Rounds
• Trauma Rounds• Renal Rounds• ICU Rounds• Lab Services
• Pain Management
• Neurosciences
• Province-wide SACCCHSE “Power Breakfasts”
What’s on the Horizon
• Cardiology
• Family Medicine Residency Training
• Emergency
• Medicine for Managers
• Diagnostic imaging course
• Virtual Classroom - Elluminate
Major Infrastructure Change
• South Diagnostic and Treatment Center
• Colonel Belcher Hospital Reuse Project (over 30 services – Renal, Community Health, Foot Clinic, Mental Health…)
• New Alberta Children’s Hospital
• Ward of the 21st Century at Foothills Medical Centre
Usage Indicators• Hours of Usage• Number of Sessions
• Number of Attendees (Learning &
Administrative)
• Number of Patients & Professionals
Participating in Clinical Sessions
Hours of Usage
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Jan-02 Feb-02 Mar-02 Apr-02 May-02 Jun-02 Jul-02 Aug-02 Sep-02 Oct-02 Nov-02 Dec-02 Jan-03
For the 2001/2002 fiscal year a total of 1,357.5 hours of Telehealth services
were accessed. Demand is increasing with 1,971.01 hours of Telehealth
services have been accessed this service for fiscal 2002/2003 year to date.
Number of Sessions
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Jan-02 Feb-02 Mar-02 Apr-02 May-02 Jun-02 Jul-02 Aug-02 Sep-02 Oct-02 Nov-02 Dec-02 Jan-03
For the 2001/2002 fiscal year a total of 759 Telehealth sessions were held.
Demand is increasing with 898 Telehealth sessions held fiscal 2002/2003
year to date.
Number of Attendees
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Jan-02 Feb-02 Mar-02 Apr-02 May-02 Jun-02 Jul-02 Aug-02 Sep-02 Oct-02 Nov-02 Dec-02 Jan-03
For the 2001/2002 fiscal year a total of 5,430 health care professionals
accessed Telehealth services. Demand is increasing with 11,513 health
care professionals accessing this service for fiscal 2002/2003 year to date.
Cost Savings IndicatorsTravel Avoided
–Kilometers
–Cost
–Total Hours
Staff Savings
–Salary Savings
–FTE Equivalent
Type of Service Travel Avoided(km)
Travel Cost Avoided($)
Travel Time Avoided(hours)
Learning 199,851 $68,322 8287Administration 20613 $8195 1610
Total 220,464 $76,518 9897
Type of Service Travel Avoided(km)
Travel Cost Avoided($)
Travel Time Avoided(hours)
Learning 105,705 $37,008 3558Administration 7,128 $2,494 41
Total 112,833 $39,502 3599
April 2001 – March 2002
April 2000 – March 2001
Travel Avoided
For the 2001/2002 fiscal year a total 627 individual instances of
administrative travel were avoided. Demand is greatly increasing with a
total of 1311 individual instances of administrative travel avoided up to
the third quarter of the 2002/2003 fiscal year.
