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   Acknowledgments

We are especially grateful to personnel in the program offices in several agencies for their support and assistance. These include:

  • Peter Nacci, Ph.D., Co-Chairman of the Joint Program Steering Group (JPSG) and Program Manager, who provides overall direction for the telemedicine demonstration program and several other programs administered by JPSG.

  • Eddie Broyles, Senior Project Engineer, SPAWAR Systems Center, Charleston, South Carolina, responsible for technical agent assignment.

  • Herman Walker, Project Engineer, Tracor Systems Technologies, Inc., responsible for administration of the prime contract.
In addition, Jordana Bernard, biomedical engineering consultant, and Allan Turner, D.P.A., criminal justice management consultant, both subcontractors to Tracor, have assisted in a variety of ways by providing input concerning development, implementation, and operation of the demonstration project. We are also grateful to a number of Tracor staff at each demonstration site, all of whom have provided us with some of the data required for our study. These include Sharon Turk at VAMC Lexington, Steve Brown at USP-Allenwood, Annette Klebon at USP-Lewisburg, and Kathi Ramirez at FMC-Lexington. The individuals identified above represent a broad range of skills that have contributed to the success of this project.

The Bureau of Prisons, within the U.S. Department of Justice, provided demonstration sites. Many Bureau staff members have been closely involved in the evaluation and have provided various types of assistance to our evaluation team. These include Ronald Waldron, Ph.D., Senior Deputy Assistant Director; Kenneth Moritsugu, M.D., Assistant Director; Rad Clark, Health Services Specialist; and Robert Falter, Ph.D., Chief of Budget and Management -- all in the Health Services Division. Staff in the Office of Research and Evaluation, including analysts Christopher Innes; A.J. Iwaszko; Nancy Miller; and Chief Gerald Gaes, Ph.D., provided valuable assistance.

At each of the Federal prisons, we have relied on the assistance of the health services administrators: Ron Laino at USP-Allenwood; Arnold T. Reyes at USP-Lewisburg; Gerry Payne at FMC-Lexington; LPN Deb Kraut at FCI-Allenwood; and Ralph Ritter, former health services administrator at FCI-Allenwood. Carla Easton, medical records administrator at FMC-Lexington, also assisted. We are grateful for the cooperation of these individuals and others at the prisons who facilitated our evaluation.


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