MELE PacificMELE Pacific - A Division of MELE Associates, Inc.
745 Fort Street, Suite 1603 - Honolulu, HI 96813
MELE Pacific is a division of MELE Associates, Inc. specializing in health information systems, telecommunications, and engineering. We focus on designing, implementing, and operating wide and local area networks and licensing, customizing, and distributing commercial, medical, and educational software applications.
Since 1999 MELE has provided program management support and pioneered the development of Open Source Vista since the Hui's inception with the support of Sentator Daniel Inouye. Our work with Open Source Vista has led to MELE launching an Application Service Provider (ASP) model for commercial sales to health organizations such as hospitals, clinics and physicians' offices to provide these groups with access to a secure, HIPAA-compliant, web-based Electronic Medical or Health Record (EMR) without the costs associated with IT staff, hardware installation, and licensing of proprietary software. For more on this latest innovation, please visit us at www.vistaasp.com. Products and Services
Telecommunications Wide and Local Area Networks
MELE Pacific provides technical support and engineering consulting to the University of Hawaii Telecommunications and Information Policy Group to support the statewide tele-health access network (STAN). The network provides voice, data, and compressed video teleconferencing, satellite downlinks, and other capabilities. Sixteen hospitals and five research locations are currently connected with a T-1 or higher connection. MELE Pacific recently completed upgrades on the Veterans Affairs’ (VA) network with interconnectivity to the STAN and the University of Hawaii’s Telemedicine Network. The network uses ATM, Frame Relay, and ISDN telecommunications protocols. The transmission network consists of fractional T-1, T-1, T-1 inverse multiplexing, HSSI, and OC-3 over copper with CSUs/DSUs and HDSL, spread spectrum microwave, DS-3 microwave, and fiber optics.
MELE Pacific also provides network support and maintenance for the VA’s statewide ATM network which interconnects the VA’s Ambulatory Care Center and Spark Matsunaga E-Wing on the Tripler Army Medical Center campus to the neighbor island community based outpatient clinics on Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii.
MELE Pacific’s recent work includes:
- Wide area network maintenance, software upgrades, remote technical support, and reconfiguration for all of the ATM network hardware and software for the fiber-based backbone in American Samoa and with inter-island microwave links to the island of Manua and Aunuu. The network interconnects 45 public and private schools throughout American Samoa. MELE Pacific will also be engaged in the purchase and installation of a multi-point conferencing unit and ATM devices.
- Management oversight of the installation of an ATM-based fiber backbone interconnecting 18 schools, government, and the medical hospital in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas.
Software Development and Distribution
MELE Pacific is the prime contractor to the U.S. Veteran’s Affairs Department for the planning and implementation of the VA telemedicine program. MELE Pacific developed a feasibility and assessment study of health and medical needs of the 123,000 veterans in the Pacific region and provided all telecommunications and technical support for eight telemedicine demonstration projects.
MELE Pacific will license existing digital works of art e.g. telemedicine, training and education, etc. products by way of licensing and private labeling of the products or acting as an exclusive distributor for strategic markets.
MELE Pacific’s initial product offering will be the U.S. Veterans Administration/Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) “Computerized Patient Record System” (CPRS). During the past three decades, the VA has developed a comprehensive clinical information system including a patient record and medical imaging capturing system.
CPRS is installed on a Microsoft NT network with over 250,000 users in over 400 VA health facilities. Developed using government resources, the intellectual property rights of the medical package are in the public domain.
VA ATM Network Upgrade
VA network upgrade and connectivity to State of Hawaii Telehealth Access Network (STAN)
- 16 private hospitals, 7 clinics
- Department of Public Health
- 22 Pacific Island jurisdictions
- UH School of Medicine
Printer-friendly version
|
