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By Mark S. Kestner, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, TractManager Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S., there were already major trends changing the healthcare industry. I believe we’re going to see these trends not only continue but also accelerate as a […]

Dr. Jason Hallock, SOC Telemed’s chief medical officer, recently took part in a radio and satellite media tour to raise awareness and explain the importance of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking to broadcast stations across the country, here are some of […]

The Coronavirus Preparedness Act and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (H.R. 6074) provides Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) the authority to waive specific Medicare telehealth restrictions temporarily in order to broaden access to Medicare telehealth services. As a result, the Centers […]

The Access TeleCare (SOC) telemedicine platform, Telemed IQ, has been implemented in several emergency situations. During Hurricane Florence in 2018, Onslow Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, NC was surrounded by water and clinicians couldn’t access the hospital to care for patients. Then the […]

Dr. Jason Hallock, Chief Medical Officer, Access TeleCare The Corona virus has officially spread to every state. Hospitals have been preparing for this eventuality for weeks, moving up or postponing elective surgeries, creating a triage response team and protocols, and planning where […]

Letter to clients regarding COVID-19 surges: Telemedicine was designed to safely facilitate rapid clinician response to unexpected and challenging events. As the largest acute care telemedicine company in the U.S., with a geographically-dispersed team of specialists and a flexible, remote workforce, we […]

By Dr. Jason Hallock Few topics have gripped the nation and the world in recent times as has the COVID-19, or coronavirus, pandemic. While it’s certainly a serious problem, we currently don’t know all the factors surrounding transmission and its effects on […]

Adapted from a presentation at the Telemed IQ Summit Kathryn Buck, emergency services clinical nurse specialist, explained to Telemed IQ Summit attendees how CarolinaEast Medical Center used teleNeurology to build a comprehensive stroke care program. She started with why: “CarolinaEast is the […]

Hospitalists, in general, are the decathletes of the healthcare industry. They care for complicated hospitalized patients around-the-clock, coordinate care between different doctors, order and follow-up on tests, meet with patients’ family members, and deal with a multitude of problems as they arise. […]