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Telemedicine That Works for Hospital Teams
“They’ve been phenomenal. They’ve really done a lot to ask us about our processes. What are the things that you do? What are your normal order sets?” That’s how Casey Willis, chief operating officer at National Park Medical Center in [...]
Going Beyond Physician Expertise to Deliver Telemedicine Excellence
When hospitals look for alternatives to hiring or contracting with staff or full-time physicians because of recruitment and/or retention challenges and expenses, they typically prioritize the expertise of the physicians. They want to make sure the physicians they bring in [...]
Meet Your Community’s Expectations for Local, Specialty Coverage With Telemedicine
When someone needs specialty care, the expectation is the local hospital will provide it, especially if the particular specialty has been available locally in the past. Patients don’t always understand that not every hospital has every specialty covered and that [...]
Building Hospitals’ ICU Capacity With Telemedicine
Keeping critically ill patients locally is a priority for every hospital, and Access TeleCare’s telePulmonary and critical care specialists make it possible. Access TeleCare’s hospital partners can depend on world-class physicians who are available 24/7, empowering on-site ICU staff at the bedside [...]
Make Complex Surgeries Possible With TeleICU for Post-Surgical Care
For many hospitals, surgeries, especially complex surgeries, require patient transfers to a higher-level facility because of limited local availability of critical care specialists. By delivering 24/7 access to critical care specialists via telemedicine, Access TeleCare makes complex post-surgical care possible. Dedicated pulmonary [...]
Enhancing Patient Care: Consultation-Liaison TelePsychiatry in Acute Care Settings
In medically complex situations, providing comprehensive and integrated psychiatric care to patients is paramount. This includes addressing both physical health as well as the complex interplay between mental and physical well-being. Within hospital settings, medical surgical units and intensive care units [...]
Access TeleCare Infectious Disease Leader Joins Editorial Board of Academic Journal
Access TeleCare’s chief of infectious disease, Jade Le, M.D. represents the only telemedicine practitioner on the editorial board of Oxford Academic’s Open Forum Infectious Diseases, one of the journals that comprises Oxford University Press’ academic research platform. In her elected position as [...]
What is Joint Commission Accreditation Like for a Virtual Hospital?
What is Joint Commission accreditation like for a virtual hospital? That is actually a trick question. It isn’t any different from a brick-and-mortar hospital: a rigorous review by a team of surveyors with expertise in ambulatory health care. Access TeleCare was [...]
Building Sustainable Telemedicine Programs for Rural Hospitals #2
Nearly 650 rural hospitals across the country are at risk of closure due to financial challenges, according to a new study from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform. Among this number are more than 200 rural hospitals at immediate risk [...]
