Acute Care Telemedicine

Jason Hallock, M.D., Chief Clinical Innovation Officer On-call and nighttime physician coverage are two of hospitals’ biggest costs. With the staffing needed to run a specialty program 24/7 and to cover emergencies of any kind, hospitals’ physician costs can quickly become unsustainable. [...]

Nearly 650 rural hospitals across the country are at risk of closure due to financial challenges, according to a new study from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform. Among this number are more than 200 rural hospitals at immediate risk [...]

Nearly 650 rural hospitals across the country are at risk of closure due to financial challenges, according to a new study from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform. Among this number are more than 200 rural hospitals at immediate risk [...]

Access TeleCare was recently featured in Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2023 list of telehealth companies to know. Nationwide Leadership in Telemedicine Programs With over 2,300 programs serving nearly 1,200 facilities around the country, Access TeleCare is a nationwide leader in telemedicine, increasing access [...]

Telemedicine today has had the perhaps unintended, yet immensely valuable, consequence of changing health care together by providing easy, low-friction access to expert specialist opinion. “Once on-site care teams learn [the telemedicine physician] is available to see their patients, they start coming [...]

Analysis shows significant opportunities for telemedicine growth as hospitals and clinics align with partners to expand reach of specialists through technology Shortages of physician specialties, such as neurology and infectious disease, nationwide are projected to become even more significant over the next [...]

As the death toll from opioid overdose increases — with more than 130 daily opioid deaths in the U.S. — combating this national emergency becomes increasingly urgent. Government and public health officials have jumped in the fight, seeking to find effective ways to address [...]