The American Jewish Military Heritage Project is a new internet educational program created by the Museum. It includes information and links for websites, films, literature, and other resources pertaining to veterans and Jews in the U.S. armed forces. Examples of resources included in this project include veteran information websites, veterans bibliographies, Jews in the American Military bibliography, Jews in fiction, war movies, and Veterans Day speeches. Links to the Department of Veterans Affairs film series include “The Price of Freedom: The Military Experience,” “The Korean War,” “Special Forces in Vietnam,” “World War II,” “American Indian Veterans,” “Veterans with Disabilities,” “Nurses in the Military,” “Prisoners of War,” “Tuskegee Airmen,” and “Returning Home: A New Generation of Veterans.” New resources are continually added to the lists.
Telepsychiatry, another aspect of telemedicine, also utilizes videoconferencing for patients residing in underserved areas to access psychiatric services. It offers wide range of services to the patients and providers, such as consultation between the psychiatrists, educational clinical program, diagnosis and assessment, medication therapy management, etc.
The following are some of the model programs and projects which are undergoing for implementation of telepsychiatry in rural areas in the US.
1. University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) supports two programs for American Indian and Alaskan Native populations
a. The Center for Native American Telehealth and Tele-education (CNATT) and
b. Telemental Health Treatment for American Indian Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
2. Military Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Links for several sites related to telemedicine, telepsychiatry policy, guidelines, and networking are available at the website for the American Psychiatric Association.