Staff & Contact Information
Debbie VoylesMelanie ClevengerMark Watts |
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Phone: (806) 743-4440
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She has been given the task to expand telemedicine services in West Texas as well as develop new clinic sites. This process involves community assessments, looking for funding options for these communities, and obtaining commitment from physicians to see these patients. In 2007 Debbie was appointed to the Telemedicine Advisory Committee, which was put together by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. She was elected as Vice-Chair of the committee by the other members. As part of this committee her focus has been looking for ways to expand telemedicine usage to rural communities and providing better reimbursement from Medicaid for the services provided. In addition to this committee she is actively involved in the American Telemedicine Association where she participates in several special interest groups. Debbie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Lubbock Christian University and a Master of Business Administration with a certification in Health Organization Management from Texas Tech University. She has authored and co-authored several articles on telemedicine as well as presented information about different aspects of telemedicine at several conferences. |
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Mark comes to TTUHSC from Lockheed Martin where he was a Logistics’ Engineer, before that he was a Sr. Configuration Manager at NASA working the International Space Station program. Mark wanted to return back to Lubbock to be closer to his family and give back to Rural West Texas, through advancing Telemedicine and Telepharmacy use. |
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Debbie Voyles is the Director for Telemedicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, which is part of the F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health. Debbie has been a part of the Telemedicine program since August 1998 where she started as an intern while working on her master’s degree. Upon completion of her internship she was asked to become a part of the department and started in May 1999 as the clinic coordinator. As clinic coordinator she was responsible for scheduling all patients being seen. At that time there was only one community based site and twelve correctional based sites. While clinic coordinator, she sat in on over 4200 consults, working directly with the physicians and patients. From this she gained valuable knowledge on the types of services that could best be provided by telemedicine. In November 2003 she became the assistant director taking over more of the day to day operations of the department. As assistant director she continued to increase the number of consults provided in both the correctional and community based clinics as well as adding additional sites. In May 2007 she took over as director of the department where she is responsible for the management and operations of the Center for Telemedicine. Debbie is responsible for the development and implementation of the strategic plan for the department. Since she has been a part of the Telemedicine program, the department has focused more attention to reaching rural communities. There have been 10 community based sites added since 1999 and the number of consults has increased 380%.
Melanie is the Administrative Assistant for the Center for Telemedicine at Texas Tech University Health Science in Lubbock, Texas. Melanie comes to the position from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where she worked as Senior Secretary for the Upward Bound and Educational Talent Search programs. These are federal grant programs geared toward low-income and first-generation high school students and assist them in preparation for college. Prior to Melanie’s time at OSU, she worked in an administrative/managerial capacity in various industries such as hotels, PC repair, virtual instrumentation, and CD replication, all in Austin, Texas
Mark Watts is the Technology Manager for the F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health, Center for Telemedicine at TTUHSC Lubbock. He plans, implements, purchases, installs all Audio/Visual equipment for the group. Also responsible for the two Telepharmacy sites in Rural West Texas, this requires a close working relationship with the School of Pharmacy (Lubbock and Amarillo) and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Pharmacy in Lubbock.