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Vision:

The Four Corners Telehealth Consortium will be the benchmark for regional healthcare collaboration in the United States.

Mission:

Providing our populations with access to best healthcare practice unconstrained by geographical and jurisdictional barriers

Goals:

  • To reduce healthcare disparities in the Four Corners Region.
  • To identify and overcome multi-jurisdictional constraints.
  • To improve regional disaster preparedness and readiness.
  • To promote secure regional portability of health information.
  • To promote telemedicine and telehealth systems interoperability through the establishment of policies and standards.
  • To serve as the coordination center to promote interoperability between regionally based Local Health Information Infrastructure projects and the National Health Information Infrastructure initiative.
  • To provide healthcare providers throughout the region with information and expertise in the fields of eHealth, telemedicine telehealth and mHealth.
  • To enhance the knowledge and skills of healthcare professionals.
  • To promote culturally sensitive research by leveraging the regional collaboration.
  • To serve as a test bed to evaluate state-of-the-art telemedicine technologies.
  • To serve as an applications clearinghouse.
  • To model business plans for mHealth, telehealth and telemedicine.
  • To carry out strategic planning for mHealth, telehealth and telemedicine.