The FCC released a national broadband plan in March 2010 with significant potential impact on health care in New Mexico.

Library

General Telemedicine Links

2001 Report to Congress on Telemedicine
http://telehealth.hrsa.gov/pubs/report2001/main.htm

Telemedicine Glossary
Association of Telehealth Service Providers (ATSP)
http://www.atsp.org/telemedicine/glossary.asp

National Library of Medicine National Telemedicine Initiative
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/telemedinit.html

Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
(Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS)
http://telehealth.hrsa.gov/

Economic Impacts of Rural Medicine (not specific to telehealth)

The Economic Impact of a Rural Primary Care Physician and the Potential Health Dollars Lost to Out-migrating Health Services

THE BUSINESS OF CARING: THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MISSISSIPPI’S HOSPITALS ON THE STATE’S ECONOMY

Economic Impact of the Medicaid Program on Alaska’s Economy

The Economic Impact of the Health Sector in Rural Ohio, 2002

Health Information Exchange

eHealth Initiative
Emerging Trends and Issues in Health Information Exchange (2005)

Telemedicine Associations and Organizations

American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
http://www.americantelemed.org/

Association of Telehealth Service Providers (ATSP)
http://www.atsp.org/

Center for Telemedicine Law
http://www.ctl.org/

Medicaid Reimbursement

Centers for Medicaid State Telehealth Reimbursement Information http://www.cms.hhs.gov/states/telelist.asp

Telemedicine Bibliographies

ACP-ASIM Telemedicine Bibliography
http://www.acponline.org/computer/telemedicine/biblio.htm

Telemedicine: Past, Present, Future
Current Bibliographies in Medicine 95-4
National Library of Medicine, Jan 1966-March 1995
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/telembib.html

Video Phone Bibliography

Correctional Telemedicine and Costs Bibliography

Telemedicine Guidelines and Standards

Telemedicine Guidelines and Technical Standards
Compiled by the American Telemedicine Association
http://www.americantelemed.org/news/newres.htm

Technology Guidelines by Type of Clinical Service
http://telehealth.hrsa.gov/pubs/tech/chapter3.htm

World Medical Association Statement on Accountability, Responsibilities
and Ethical Guidelines in the Practice of Telemedicine
http://www.wma.net/e/policy/a7.htm

APA Statement on Services by Telephone, Teleconferencing, and Internet
Ethics Committee of the American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/ethics/stmnt01.html

Report of the Interdisciplinary Telehealth Standards Working Group
http://www.arentfox.com/quickGuide/businessLines/telemed/e-health_telemed/e-healthNewsAlerts/telehlth/telehlth.html

Selected Medical Staff Standards
2004 Pre-publication Edition
http://www.jcaho.org/accredited+organizations/hospitals/standards
/new+standards/ms_hap.pdf

Guidelines for the Surgical Practice of Telemedicine
http://www.sages.org/sg_pub21.html