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 [...]
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. [...]
By Jason Hallock, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer at Access TeleCare The era of cheap money, at least in the digital health investment sector, is over. 2023 is not the same economic environment as 2022, 2021, or, for that matter, any time [...]
Because telemedicine physicians aren't in the room in person, there are unique skills and attributes they must cultivate to forge and maintain a relationship with the patient and their family. Every Access TeleCare physician has honed the ability to "break through [...]
The nation's physician specialty shortage has only worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telemedicine offers an immediate solution. Chris Gallagher, M.D., CEO of Access TeleCare discussed the specialty shortage and telemedicine's ability to address it in an Executive Q&A with Healthcare IT News: [...]
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. [...]
Amanda Horton, M.D. was named national medical director of maternal-fetal medicine in February 2022. Explore more about our tele-Maternal-fetal medicine program here.
Our 2021 Access TeleCare blog focused on the status of the acute telemedicine practice in the era of COVID-19 and beyond. Access TeleCare physicians and partners offered their expertise and advice throughout the year. Let’s take a look back… 2021 Will Be [...]
By Sina Haeri, MD I like to start my presentations to health care groups by pointing out that telemedicine in the care of pregnant women is nothing new. We’ve been doing virtual prenatal visits for years. And, we’ve had at-home monitoring of [...]
By Jason Hallock, MD I have a gut check question for you: what percentage of U.S. healthcare could be delivered virtually? Ten percent? Twenty-five? What about 90 percent? This is, in effect, the multi-billion dollar question for U.S. healthcare in a post-COVID [...]
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