teleNephrology

As the incidence of chronic kidney disease and diabetes rises, and with a persistent shortage of nephrologists across the country, supporting hospitals to provide essential nephrology care when and where it’s needed has never been more critical. This is where Access TeleCare [...]

With 700 rural hospitals deemed at risk of closure nationwide, specialty telemedicine programs proven to work for rural hospitals, their patients, providers, and communities offer a valuable and expedient solution. New analysis from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform shows [...]

Telemedicine as a solution for rural hospitals’ challenges is not a new concept. But, telemedicine’s documented ability to address the physician shortage and reduce hospitals’ outbound transfers is a tool for urban hospitals as well. Urban hospitals increasingly are turning to telemedicine [...]

Last year patients in Vermont waited the longest to see nephrologists, of all the specialties, with a median wait time of 100 days. This data came from a 2022 survey and report from multiple Vermont state agencies. It also found long wait [...]

The case for an inpatient teleNephrology program is not unlike that for other subspecialties via telemedicine: a rising disease burden combined with an increasing shortage of specialists. Like specialties more traditionally associated with telemedicine (such as neurology), having a team of nephrologists [...]