Armenia Fund USA Fruitful Artsakh: Agricultural Development ProjectDonate online now
Home
News and Press-Releases
About Armenia Fund USA
Projects
Contribute!

Commitment to North Armenia, Artsakh — Armenia Fund USA Newsletter 2014.1

Armenia Fund USA Inc.
594 Valley Health Plaza
Paramus, NJ 07652

Tax ID: 13-3696515

Phone: 201-639-3985
Fax: 201-639-3975

[email protected]

Videos | Join our e-mail list | Donate online
HyeBridge Telehealth by Armenia Fund USA

HYEBRIDGE TELEHEALTH ARMENIAN TELEDEMEDICINE PROGRAM

American Telemedicine Association

Institutional Member of the American Telemedicine Association

HyeBridge Telehealth Armenian telemedicine program provides a better quality of life for all Armenians through faster, more effective healthcare.

The program is designed to deliver improved healthcare to underserved rural Armenian communities. This Armenian telemedicine program uses Internet-based videoconferencing technologies and a dedicated website to deliver continuous medical education and diagnostic and treatment services to local healthcare providers and patients.

AREAS SERVED

HyeBridge Telehealth conferencing session

The program initially targets five rural villages in the Tavush region with the telemedicine program. Once established, Armenia Fund USA will then expand the scope of the program to include 159 villages in five additional regions.

The Tavush marz, including the villages of Aygedzor, Voskevan, Sevkar, Aygehovit , is 64 percent rural with a population of nearly 122,000 people spread across more than 40 communities. As of 2004, the Tavush marz was home to 228 doctors and 604 nurses, a lower average than Armenia as a whole.

PROGRAM FEATURES

HyeBridge Telehealth diagnostic session

HyeBridge Telehealth features a specially-designed education website, and an Internet-based videoconferencing network linking seven Tavush hospitals and health centers with Yerevan State Medical University after Heratsi.

The program enables local healthcare providers to:

  • Access a full database of education modules, created by medical faculty at Yerevan State Medical University of Heratshi, and other critical learning resources, for continuing medical education purposes;
  • Polycom videoconferencing unit on desk

  • Consult the latest medical journals and articles via a subscription to Ovid Technologies, a leading provider of electronic medical, scientific, and academic research information solutions that includes hundreds of databases, more than thousand journals and books from dozens of publishers;
  • Conduct local diagnostic and educational, “grand round” of telemedicine sessions with doctors in Armenia and/or a network of U.S.-based physicians.

Donate online for HyeBridge Telehealth

Armenia Fund USA is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization under U.S. law.
All contributions are tax deductible.

PROGRAM PARTNERS

Armenia Fund USA and Yerevan State Medical University are partnering with several key organizations. Polycom, Inc, Karabakh Telecom, VivaCell, American Armenian Health Professionals Organization are working together to provide the necessary technologies, infrastructure, and knowledge to power HyeBridge Telehealth.

HyeBridge Telehealth Partners

 

See also

2010-08-18: Armenia Fund USA’s HyeBridge Telehealth Revolutionizes Delivery of Healthcare in Armenia and Karabakh

2010-03-09: Armenia Fund USA Forges Strategic Health Care Partnerships

2009-07-14: U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Visits Armenia Fund

2009-07-13: Armenia Fund’s HyeBridge Telehealth Program Shines at Armenian Medical Congress

2009-04-25: Karabakh Telecom Ensures Success of Armenia Fund’s Telemedicine Network

2008-04-07: Telemedicine at Work: Armenia Fund Sponsors a New Series of Yerevan-Stepanakert Teleconferences


Video: HyeBridge Telehealth

Armenia Fund USA NewsletterArmenia Fund USA Newsletter Volunteer for Armenia Fund USAVolunteer for Armenia Fund USA