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Mountain Area Health Education Center

Buncombe County

The Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) is one of nine AHEC centers in the NC AHEC Program. MAHEC covers the 16 western most counties in N.C. and serves as the hub of the Western North Carolina HealthLink videoconferencing network. MAHEC operates a fully-integrated distance learning classroom with full-time technician support. MAHEC’s videoconference hub connects to fourteen acute care hospitals via dedicated T-1 links, to ten public health departments via the Internet, to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians health division via the Internet, and to the N.C. PHTIN. MAHEC can also connect with public and private sites via dial-up ISDN lines. This site has been operational since October, 2003.

Contact Information:

Site Coordination:

Logistics support:
Laura Shaffer
(828) 257-4486
Fax: (828) 232-2941

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(Health Departments on the 
MAHEC telehealth network
include: Buncombe, Cherokee,
Clay,  Haywood,
Henderson, Macon, Madison,
Toe River District, Transylvania) 

Technician:
Ben Halligan
(828) 257-4435
Fax: (828) 232-2941
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Mountain AHEC
501 Biltmore Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801

State Courier:

Room capabilities:

Capacity:
20 people—w. table & chairs—in classroom

Equipment:
PictureTel Concorde
    w. dual 32" TV monitors
Ceiling mics, each table

AV Presentation Support:
-35mm slides
-VHS videotape playback
-VHS videotape recording
-PowerPoint (on PC)
-Document camera
-Digital pointer

Scheduling Information:

To schedule this site, contact the Videoconference Scheduler at:
(919) 966-7082
Fax: (919) 966-7141

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Last Updated ( April 21, 2010 )
 
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