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Webinar Series

February 20, 2020

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The National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers (NCTRC) consists of 14 Telehealth Resource Centers

(TRCs). As a consortium, the TRCs have an unparalleled amount of resources available to help virtual

programs across the nation, especially within rural communities. Each TRC is staffed with telehealth experts

to who are available to provide guidance and answer questions. As telehealth continues to gain more

visibility and recognition in healthcare, the TRCs will remain positioned to provide assistance for all.

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• TTAC is federally funded through the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT)

• TTAC provides Technology Assessment services to the 12 regional TRCs as well as the other national TRC.

• Between the three TTAC staff, there is over 50 years of experience in Telehealth

Who is TTAC?

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Speaker Biography

Epidemiologist, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Tim Collins

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Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

BOTH:• Use headset technology and hand controls• Provide immersive and interactive experience with data and 3d objects• Use motion sensors to track users and objects in a location

Virtual Reality

Augmented Reality

• Fully Digital Environment

• More processing intensive

• Video Game like experience

• Mixed Digital/Physical Environment

• Self-Contained Units

• Heads Up Display (HUD) experience

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Augmented Reality

• Overlay digital information onto the real world

• Interact and engage users with virtual objects in 3 dimensions

• Less disorienting and safer than VR

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Augmented Reality:Microsoft Hololens User Experience

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Augmented Reality: Use Cases

• Training

• Data Visualization

• Radiology

• Remote Consultation/Guidance• Surgery

• Emergency

• Immersive Patient/Provider Content

Augmented Reality and Telehealth

A work in progress at ANTHC

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March is colorectal cancer awareness month: Demystifying the colonoscopy. (February 26, 2018). Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK. https://anthc.org/news/march-is-colorectal-cancer-awareness-month-demystifying-the-colonoscopy/

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Our Next Webinar

The NCTRC Webinar Series

Occurs 3rd Thursday of every month.

Telehealth Topic: TBD

Date: March 19th, 2020

Times: : 9:00AM HST, 10:00AM AKST, 11:00AM PST, 12:00PM MST, 1:00PM CST,

2:00PM EST

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