The Medical Network in Action
GCI ConnectMD members are using the available resources on the network in innovative and exciting ways to deliver telemedicine solutions. Several examples are listed below:
Lake Chelan Community Hospital (LCCH)GCI ConnectMD worked with LCCH to connect to the medical network and make great strides in several areas of telehealth, including: teleconsultative psychiatry, teleradiology, and emergency treatment.
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Maniilaq Health CenterTeleradiology with GCI ConnectMD enables community health practitioners in the Northwest Arctic Borough to take digital pictures of eardrums, rashes and wounds and send the pictures via satellite to physicians at the Maniilaq Health Center in Kotzebue for review.
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Renee Woods, MDWhen traveling, Dr. Woods and her staff connect back to her main office in Wenatchee via laptops, and are able to access patients' medical records, labs and other information instantaneously through GCI's Medical Grade network.
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Norton Sound Health CorporationProviders at NSHC use the GCI ConnectMD medical network to route image studies based on hearing, balance, and brain stem functioning to specialists at the Alaska Native Medical Center for review and recommendation.
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Eastern Aleutian Tribes (EAT)GCI ConnectMD empowers EAT with such necessary collaboration through its video conferencing, telehealth, telepsychiatry capabilities. |
Alaska Psychiatric InstituteGCI ConnectMD's partnership with the Alaska Psychiatric Institute enables Anchorage based psychiatrists to provide telepsychiatry services to rural and remote regions throughout the state. |

