teleNephrology

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 […]