When hospitals think about transferring patients, it’s usually about patients needing outbound transfer to a higher-level facility to have their specialty needs met. But, some hospitals are thinking about their capacity to accept inbound transfers from other hospitals in the region [...]
Retaining health care staff has never been more urgent for hospitals. The cost of high turnover and the impact of turnover on patient outcomes means hospitals are investing in multiple strategies to keep their staff. One way hospitals increase job [...]
One of Access TeleCare’s key differentiators is full integration of its specialists with a partner hospital’s on-site teams, documentation protocols, and other operational processes. Casey Willis, the chief operating officer at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas describes it [...]
By Chris Gallagher, M.D. CEO, Access TeleCare What is the future of rural health care? That’s a question on the minds of many health care leaders. With more than 185 rural hospitals closing between 2005 and 2022 and an additional 600 at [...]
When a severe summer storm left CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Winnsboro in rural East Texas without electricity for five days, telemedicine revealed itself to be an unexpected source of power. The Winnsboro hospital has been an Access TeleCare partner since 2017 [...]
Before implementing a teleNeurology service line with Access TeleCare, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, a rural Texas hospital, was unable to retain patients who presented with stroke symptoms. These patients had to be transferred to urban facilities upwards of [...]
Reducing the burnout of your nurse workforce and expanding their capabilities at the same time is possible with an experienced telemedicine partner. Access TeleCare’s collaborative partnerships emphasize relationship-building with on-site teams and seamlessly integrate with existing workflows. This approach elevates hospitals’ [...]
As many rural hospitals across the country are facing tremendous challenges that threaten their ability to provide care, Palo Pinto General Hospital is leveraging technologies like telemedicine to not just serve its patients, but to expand its services to meet its [...]
Retaining more patients while reducing physician burnout at the same time is possible with an experienced telemedicine partner. With Access TeleCare, hospitals have 24/7 access to complex care specialists at a moment’s notice, which means more patients can be seen quickly [...]
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, located in rural East Texas, needed more physician capacity to fully cover its ICU, as its family medicine physicians were working in both the outpatient clinics and hospital. In order to get more availability [...]
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