Under this project funded by the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth from 2006-2009, MTS/RMCL partnered with Fletcher Allen Health Care of the University of Vermont School of Medicine and Partners Healthcare’s Center for Connected Health in Boston to facilitate growth of telehealth programs and services in the 7 northeastern states.  Free support was provided for numerous health care organizations in diverse areas of need, including technology specification, protocol development, literature, evaluation, business planning, and resource development.  For accomplishments see NETRC Summary Report.

Goals for NETRC

  • Foster the development, expansion and sustainability of telehealth programs throughout the Northeast.
  • Develop and maintain an online database of the status of telehealth in the Northeast.
  • Identify opportunities to improve policies for greater access to care through telehealth.
  • Connect knowledgeable and experienced telehealth mentors with organizations that are building their telehealth capabilities.
  • Serve as a key resource for helping to catalyze the introduction of telehealth technologies into the care delivery process.
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Our Purpose

“. . . to assist health care organizations, health care networks, and health care providers in the implementation of cost-effective telehealth programs to serve rural and medically underserved areas and populations.”
  

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