The ATA Pacific Islands Chapter (PICATA) is an alliance of professionals with an interest in increasing the effectiveness of telemedicine in the Pacific Islands. The ATA Pacific Islands Chapter allows members to collaborate with each other, share ideas and experiences, and interface with one another utilizing the existing networks to enhance healthcare. The Chapter is a point of contact, resource, and advocate for the State of Hawaii in telemedicine and telehealth issues.

The goals and mission of the Pacific Islands Chapter of ATA are:

• To promote the use of telemedicine in the Pacific Islands.
• To actively participate in and support the legislative processes that would impact positively the growth, development and the future of telemedicine.
• To serve as educators and facilitators in the education of the public and our medical colleagues on the subject of telemedicine.
• To support the mission and goals of the ATA at the state level.
• To represent and be an advocate for the Pacific Islands at the ATA meetings.
• To identify and bring together the "human components" of the telemedicine network. To be the "Hub" of telemedicine collaboration and interfacing in the Pacific Islands.

Chapter Leadership  

Chair Edna Azada, MPH Program Director Healthcare Solutions Hawaii Honolulu, HI 96814 Phone: Email: edna.azada@gmail.com	Vice-Chair Daniel Davis, Jr., MD, FACP CEO Interactive Care Technologies Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine John A. Burns School of Medicine Honolulu, Hawaii Office: Email: dan.davis@icaretech.com
Secretary Ed Correa Director of Education and Development TeleDerm Solutions, San Antonio, TX Phone: Email: ecorrea@teledermsolutions.com	Immediate Past Chair Dale Moyen Telemedicine Program Manager Hawaii Pacific Health Research Institute 745 Fort Street, #1600 Honolulu, HI 96813 Phone: Fax: 808-535-7545 Email: dalem@kapiolani.org

Chapter Communication Tools

• Chapter Directory   - A real-time listing of all active Pacific Islands Chapter members.
• Online Forum  - The Pacific Islands Chapter Online Forum is a resource for sharing information and fostering communication between Chapter members and working groups. (Please note: you must be a member of ATA to participate in the Forum.)
• Listserv  - This listserv will send an email message to all members of the Pacific Islands Chapter. (Please note: you must send the message from the same email address listed in your ATA member profile--otherwise the message will not be delivered. You must be a member of the Chapter to use the listserv. )

Chapter Goals & Priorities

• PICATA Priorities & Goals for 2009-2010 

Chapter Products & Resources

• PICATA Event Calendar - A regularly updated calendar of PICATA conference calls and meetings, as well as other events that might be of interest to PICATA members.  If you would like to add an event to the calendar, please contact Edna Azada, Chapter Chair. 
• PICATA CME Calendar (September 2010) - Updated monthly, this calendar lists educational opportunities for PICATA members and other interested parties.

PICATA Related News Articles

• VA Increases Mental Health Capacity in Pacific (23 August 2010)
• California Launches Statewide Telehealth Network (18 August 2010)
• Military Urges More Online Healthcare (23 June 2010)
• Psychiatrists Get Creative in Hawaii's Remote Regions (15 January 2010)
• Hilo Medical Center Signs Contract with Healthcare Informatics Associates for EMR Support (24 July 2009)
• Digital Doctor Visits Becomes More Popular (9 July 2009)
• Kaiser Unveils Mobile Telemedicine Van for Hawaii (11 June 2009)

Chapter Meetings

Meeting Materials for May 2010 PICATA Meeting & Conference Call (18 May 2010)

• Agenda

Meeting Materials for March 2010 Conference Call (11 March 2010)

• Final Meeting Notes
• Agenda
• Building Capacity for Telemedicine and eHealth Using the Primary Healthcare Approach: The Philippines Experience - Presented by Dr. Alvin Marcelo, MD

Agenda from PICATA Meeting with Hawaii State Legislators (26 February 2010)

Meeting Materials from February 2010 Conference Call (11 February 2010)

• Final Meeting Notes
• Agenda
• Florida Disaster Management Telemedicine Projects - Presented by Antonio Marttos, MD
• Florida Telemedicine Trauma Network System - Presented by Susan L. McDevitt, RN, MSN, MBA, FACHCA

Meeting Materials from January 2010 Conference Call (14 January 2010)

• Final Meeting Notes
• Agenda
• Essential Connections During Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response: The Importance of Telehealth - Presented by Ruth L. Carrico PhD, RN, CIC

Agenda from PICATA Leadership Luncheon with Telemedicine Clinical Champions (2 December 2009)

Meeting Materials from November 2009 Conference Call (30 November 2009)

• Final Meeting Notes 
• Agenda
• Reference Article: "Aural Rehabilitation Telepractice: International Project Links NY Student Clinicians, Bolivian Children", Polovoy, C. (2009, June 16), The ASHA Leader, 14(8), 20–21
• Reference Article: "Telehealth Delivery of the Camperdown Program for Adults Who Stutter: A Phase I Trial", O'Brian, Sue, Packman, Ann, & Onslow, Mark, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research Vol.51 184-195 February 2008. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2008/014)
• Reference Article: "Overview of Telehealth Activities in Speech-Language Pathology", Mashima, P.A. & Doarn, C.R. (2008), Telemedicine and e-Health, 14(10), 1101–1117.
• Reference Article: "Telepractice Brings Voice Treatment from Hawaii to Japan", Mashima, P. A., & Holtel, M. R. (2005, Nov. 8), The ASHA Leader, pp. 20-21, 45.
• Tele-Speech: Issues in Telehealth Reimbursement - Presented by Janet Brown MA, CCC-SLP

Meeting Materials for September 2009 Conference Call (29 September 2009)

• Final Meeting Notes
• Agenda
• Healthcare, Technology, and Hawaii's Legislature - Presented by Senator Joshua B. Green MD

Meeting Materials for August 2009 Conference Call (13 August 2009)

• Agenda
• Telehealth Policy Update - Presented by Gary Capistrant, Senior Director of Public Policy, American Telemedicine Association
• Tech-Enabled Chronic Care for Medically Fragile Patients - Presented by Daniel C. Davis, Jr., MD, FACP

Meeting Materials from June 2009 Conference Call (18 June 2009)

• Agenda 
• Reference Article: "If You Build It,Will They Come? The Kaiser Permanente Model Of Online Health Care"
  Silvestre AL, Sue VM, and Allen JY. Health Affairs, 28(2):334-44, 2009
• Reference Article: "The Kaiser Permanente Electronic Health Record: Transforming And Streamlining Modalities Of Care"
  Chen, Catherine, Garrido, Terhilda, Chock, Don, Okawa, Grant, Liang, Louise, Health Affairs, 28, no. 2, 323-333, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.2.323
• Transforming Care with OnLine Tools: The Kaiser Permanente - Hawaii Experience - Presented By Dr. Peggy LaTare, MD

Older Meeting Materials

• Minutes from Chapter Meeting at ATA 2009 (28 April 2009)
• Chapter Conference Call Minutes (12 February 2009)
• Chapter Conference Call Minutes (16 October 2008)
• Chapter Conference Call Minutes (14 August 2008)
• Chapter Conference Call Minutes (10 July 2008)
• Chapter Conference Call Minutes (12 June 2008)
• Chapter Conference Call Minutes (8 March 2008)
• Chapter Conference Call Minutes (13 March 2008)
• Chapter Conference Call Minutes (14 February 2008)
• Chapter Conference Call Minutes (13 December 2007)
• Notes from the First Annual ATA PICATA Meeting (14 November 2007)
• Chapter Conference Call Minutes (11 October 2007)
• Chapter Conference Call Minutes (13 September 2007)

 Outside Reports and Other Documents

• Hawaii Broadband Task Force Final Report (December 2008)

Chapter participation is an exclusive benefit to ATA members. If you are interested in joining this group, contact the chair, email ATA at membership@americantelemed.org or call ATA at 202-223-3333.