Access TeleCare teleNeurologist, Dr. Preethi Durgam, discusses how our telemedicine programs bridge the gap between supply and demand in medicine. When the pandemic hit, Dr. Durgam’s ability to continue providing care in her routine, in-office setting was significantly impacted. Like specialties across [...]
The pressures on rural hospitals are certainly immense, and their financial vulnerabilities are significant. But telemedicine can help. Telemedicine isn’t a panacea, but it can be an effective treatment for what ails rural health care. Chris Gallagher, M.D., CEO of Access TeleCare [...]
See more from Will Maddox, Managing Editor, D CEO healthcare editor, on Access TeleCare's rise to success from its first deployment in a small East Texas hospital to become a key resource for one in five U.S. hospitals. ----------------------------------------------------------- To say Dallas-based Access [...]
Telemedicine is about "delivering something most people take for granted...access to high-quality healthcare throughout the country, no matter where you go," writes Dr. Jason Hallock, Access TeleCare's chief clinical innovation officer in a new article for Forbes Business Council. While telemedicine's [...]
Telemedicine can be a valuable tool in helping hospitals and clinicians adhere to clinical guidelines and best practices. Cardiac arrest management is a prime example. Chris Gallagher, M.D., CEO of Access TeleCare talked with Healthcare IT News about telemedicine's role in [...]
There are key differences between direct-to-consumer telehealth for primary care and facilitated, managed specialty telemedicine. These differences matter for policymakers, hospitals, physicians, and patients to keep in mind. Chris Gallagher, M.D., CEO of Access TeleCare articulated some of these differences in [...]
Telemedicine is perfectly suited for the non-procedural specialties -- those specialties that depend more on physicians' diagnostic and treatment management capabilities rather than procedures. These are also the specialties that are in short supply or are concentrated in the country's urban [...]
A rural hospital is more than a health care provider. It is also often the largest employer in the region and an economic engine. When a community loses its hospital, it also loses jobs, the ability to attract employers, and a [...]
One of the perhaps unanticipated benefits of having a telecardiology program is the reduced time patients have to wait for surgery. With a telecardiology program, hospitals don't have to send patients far afield for cardiac work-ups prior to surgery. The result [...]
When Chris Gallagher, M.D., first started designing his telemedicine company, Access Physicians, he saw early players in the tele-health care community taking shape in various ways. To him, SOC Telemed was leading in the space — the “Goliath” of telemedicine. Years [...]
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