Great Plains Telehealth Resource & Assistance Center
The Great Plains Telehealth Resource and Assistance Center (TRAC) will work to increase the various aspects of telehealth utilization by breaking down geographical and experiential barriers.
Our Mission:
- To increase knowledge of telehealth applications, practices and research findings
- To increase information available regarding best practices
- To improve staff competency with telehealth programs
- To increase telehealth utilization
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Purpose
The Great Plains TRAC assists rural health care providers, facilities, and organizations within the region and around the nation in order to better utilize and implement telehealth technology. Our goal is to encourage improved health care access and quality of service by fostering enhanced telehealth service functionality and availability.
The Great Plains TRAC is a resource for those just beginning their telehealth program development as well as those looking to add new telehealth-related services. We will help you work through the challenges impacting the development of telehealth applications, projects and programs.
Partners
The Great Plains TRAC is a partnership of:
- Avera Health Telehealth, Sioux Falls, S.D.
- North Dakota Telepharmacy Project, NDSU College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences, Fargo, N.D.
- The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, Sioux Falls, S.D.
- Saint Elizabeth Health System, Lincoln, Neb.
- Minnesota Telehealth Network, Minneapolis, Minn.
Each Great Plains TRAC partner brings invaluable information from their own distinguished telehealth programs.
Services
- A regional telehealth conference
- Customized "coaching" services specific to the needs of individual facilities
- Assess equipment and services needs
- On-line library of resources, tools, and articles
- Educational events
- Downloadable education and training materials
- Program evaluation
