The Illinois Health Education Consortium/ Western Illinois AHEC is please to offer interactive point-to-point or multi-point video conferences for Critical Access Hospitals through interactive video conferencing (polycom system). This system is operated through the Illinois Century Network, a publicly funded internet service that provides local T1 (1.5 mb) high speed access.

Through Western Illinois AHEC's telehealth programs, Critical Access Hospital workers are able to keep their skills and knowledge on the cutting edge of present day information about their discipline and the hospitals can access education for their employees at a lower cost and without loss of their time traveling to remote sites for education.

Programming offerings have include a variety of offerings including management topics, medicare updates, bioterrorism preparendness, best practices, quality improvement, pharmacology updates, pediatric care and emergency room care.

Programs are offered monthly. Contact Western Illinois AHEC for more information.

Videoconference connection services and support provided by: Telehealth Networks and Programs at SIU School of Medicine: www.siumed.edu/telehealth.