Eastern Maine Medical Center received $500,000. Eastern Maine Healthcare Services received $259,857.

Jay School Department received $454,079

Cobscook Community Learning Center has received $249,965

Community Health & Counseling Services has received $434,409

Regional Medical Center at Lubec, Inc. has received $461,369

Central Maine Medical Center will receive $127,900

Eastern Maine Medical Center:This award will be used to establish an electronic Intensive Care Unit and INET/IVIEW System in five of EMHS affiliate hospitals in rural northern and eastern Maine. The system will allow Intensivists in Bangor to provide specialty care to the rural hospitals 24 hours a day. The technology will allow Intensivists to view patients as well as access patient monitoring equipment and to participate in real time care of patients.

Eastern Maine Healthcare Services: Funding will be used to provide both distance learning and telemedicine to six counties in Maine. Services will include endocrinology services, tele-rehabilitation, tele-trauma, tele-dialysis, tele-genetics, and tele-psychology. Additionally, Eastern Maine Medical Center and Acadia Hospital will install new equipment for improved educational programs.

Jay School Department: The award will be used to provide an information highway to share knowledge, expertise, and resources among twelve schools in four rural and economically distressed counties of Maine. All sites will utilize computer-based videoconferencing for collaborations between individuals and groups. Collaboration between students and staff will be available on demand. Over 48,000 residents will receive enhanced educational opportunities in these communities.

Cobscook Community Learning Center: Funds will be used to bridge project sites and cultures with distance learning technologies which will include web-based education, streaming/archiving/interactive distance learning via videoconferencing, and the upgrade of network infrastructure where necessary to support the project.

Community Health & Counseling Services: Award will be used for a telehealth project that will provide monitoring and/or video encounters to homebound clients in rural Maine. Benefits will include reduced travel time and emergency room visits and increased access to speech language services. There will be an improved overall quality of life among participants. The services will be provided to 36 towns in Aroostook, Washington, Piscataquis and Northern Penobscot Counties.

Regional Medical Center at Lubec, Inc.: This award will be used to expand a telehealth project in Rural Maine with 14 partner agencies to provide high quality, comprehensive health services to patients and residents. Services to be provided include telepharmacy, home care patient video stations, clinical education for professional and paraprofessional staff, case management for the Department of Corrections and Grand Rounds to health care professionals from the organizations or locations of choice.

Central Maine Medical Center: Funds will be used to expand its current DLT program through equipment

purchases for two more communities, adding sites in S. Paris at the Western Me. University and Community College Center and in Bridgeton at the Bridgeton Hospital. The expansion will double the number of students served by DLT in these communities. Using a classic hub-and-spoke model, educational content will also be disseminated by the School of Nursing from its’ classrooms in Lewiston via compressed video.