1. Consultation service update
GMCE:
Consultation service update
Mark S. Korson, MD

2. Consultation & Clinical Support Service
Provider to provider assistance
Telehealth service:
Phone
Videoconferencing

3. GMCE and NEGC Grant support to provide clinics a trial opportunity:
4 month beta-testing period
Up to 45 free hours
Discount on a future contract
Free seats at upcoming conferences

4. Effective frequency

5. High activation energy
From Heartland Genetics & Newborn Screening Collaborative, Telemedicine Manual

6. GMCE Contracts, New England
University of Vermont Medical Center, underway
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (NH), pending
Rhode Island/Hasbro Children’s Hospital, under planning
University of Connecticut/Connecticut Children’s Hospital, under planning

7. GMCE Contracts, beyond New England
Large pediatric practice, rural Pennsylvania, 2 hours from Philadelphia hours from Pittsburgh… underway

8. INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT
Legislative Status, 2015

9. Reasons for contracts Consultation and clinical support
Metabolic coverage during vacation
Metabolic coverage while waiting to hire a metabolic physician

10. Summary, GMCE consultation activity
Consultations
New England – 29
Other US - 1
International – 5 (Georgia, Jordan)
Nature of consultations
Diagnosis - 10
Management – 16
Diagnosis and management - 8
Counseling - 1

11. GMCE & priorities at NCC meeting
Promote and expand teleheath genetic services
Increase access for specialists to genetic consultation
Increase education for non-geneticists about genetic disease

12. Moving forward Gain experience about telemetabolics in New England
Outreach:
Mountain State Genetics Collaborative (April)
Heartland Genetics Collaborative (May)

13. Connect