The Keston Telehealth Group

KESTON TELEHEALTH GROUP

The skills of The Keston Group Associates in Canada are concentrated in the area of telehealth. The group can provide an unparalleled diversity of expertise and depth of experience to organizations who are: Video conference

contemplating the provision of telehealth services,
planning to do so, or,
already providing such services.

Focus on Core business

Implementing telehealth into your healthcare delivery system is The Keston Telehealth Group's core business. This allows you to focus on your core business of delivering high quality healthcare.

Who we are

The Keston Telehealth Group consists of several independent consultants each of whom are principals in their own companies:

Dr Trevor Cradduck, The Keston Group Consulting Inc, Nanaimo, British Columbia
Natalie Leonard, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Dr Jocelyne Picot, InfoTelmed Communications Inc, Montreal, Quebec
Roberta Staveley, Telehealth Resource Group Inc, Calgary, Alberta

Cost Savings

Experienced resources - Utilize experienced resources to avoid "recreating the wheel" and making expensive mistakes.
Balancing workload - Don't bear high fixed costs to cover an unbalanced workload. Outsourcing during workload peaks can bring significant savings
Project management - A well-written contract can clarify responsibilities and sharpen management focus. Keep your project on time and on budget.

Mitigating Risk of Failure

Experienced telehealth resources are hard to find, but are essential to integrating technology into healthcare delivery. Accessing The Keston Group's experienced skills when, and where, they are required will save time and money.

The Keston Telehealth Group can assist clients in such areas as:

Needs assessment
Facilitation of group process in the development of community based networks
Business plan preparation
Equipment selection
Network design
Acceptance testing
Program implementation
Start-up support
Training
Program management
Program/project evaluation
Meeting organization and facilitation
Research grant review

Access to technology knowledge base

Keeping up with technical developments in telehealth and ICT is difficult and time consuming. Lack of knowledge can lead to the use of inappropriate technology. The Keston Group provides you with an accessible and leading edge knowledge base.

The experience of the Telehealth Group is wide and diverse so that, by combining forces, the group is able to respond to any demands made upon it. Our combined experience includes:

Equipment design, development and implementation
Nova Scotia Telehealth Network implementation and management (NL)
Nova Scotia Telehealth Network program evaluation (TC)
Alberta Wellnet Telehealth Program coordination (TC)
New Brunswick Telenephrology project evaluation (JP)
Calgary Health Region telehealth implementation and training (RS, NL)
Ontario Smart Systems for health telehealth network design and implementation
North West Territories needs assessment, equipment selection and program implementation (RS, NL)
First Nations Telehealth pilot program evaluation (JP)
Nunavut Telehealth project evaluation (JP, TC)
Poison and Drug Information Service - Design and Implementation of emergency service (RS, NL)
Yukon Telehealth Network - Design and Implementation (RS, NL)
Alberta Children's Hospital - Business Plan for Southern Alberta Children's Telehealth Network (RS, NL)
Review and report of telehealth industry in Canada (Industry Canada) (JP, TC)
Review and report of video conferencing in telehealth (Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment) (JP)
Review of grant applications for broadband initiatives in health for the European Union (TC)
Telehealth standards and guidelines development (Alberta Research Council, Canadian Institute for Health Information and International Standards Organisation) (TC)

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