Holy Cross Hospital and Community Clinics
Only use this virtual care service if you are able and willing to use Google Talk for Instant Messaging, and have had a Virtual Vidyo Consult room (PC, laptop, mobile care cart, etc) setup in a location accessible to you. For more information on how to be setup to participate contact Albert Ferreira, Project Manager for Virtual Care at Holy Cross, preferably via his GMAIL address which is albertf@gmail.com (and you can add him to your GTalk list also!)
Find me on Google Talk (send a user invite from your device or personal account to abarbash@gmail.com). I will keep my “status and availability” accurately updated at all times, and you will know whether I am reachable. If you send a GTalk message and do not hear a reply within a few minutes, please assume I am just NOT available for clinical consults at this time, and use other methods of obtaining neurology support or consults from other providers.
Once I receive a GTalk message, I will text you back to let you know if and when I can VIDEO conference back to you, and I will expect to be able to do so in order to provide consultative support. We might do mostly screen sharing of images, we might consult with each other by video, or you might want me to do video chat with the patient, family, medical staff or other caregivers. It all works the same way.
If I get a message indicating we should go right to a Video Consult, then I will login from my PC or laptop and directly RING your mobile virtual cart or your personal vidyo room.
I do have access to the EMR portal from any location, including my mobile device, so can review any relevant imaging or records before we do video consults, for efficiency.
Please do NOT use the phone to reach me, do not leave voice messages, and only email me from an email account you know you will likely be checking again several times a day.
There are currently mobile VIDYO carts with dedicated rooms and gtalk accounts at
HCH ER
Neuro ICU
6 SE Progressive Care Unit
Silver Spring Clinic (not finalized quite yet)
And many individuals have their own personal vidyo rooms they access from their desktops as well
More coming soon to OB, to Seniors Medical Floors, and other clinics
