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 […]
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, nocturnists’ (hospitalists who cover night shifts) already-vital role was enhanced, ensuring uninterrupted care for patients and continued emergency department-to-hospital throughput. In some cases, nocturnists’ heightened responsibilities and stress accelerated burnout and decreased job satisfaction. Today, as the need […]
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 […]
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. […]