How did one rural hospital expand access to nephrology services while reducing patient transfers and keeping more patients close to home?

Join Heather Porter, Chief Clinical Officer at NMC Health, and Saurin Patel, M.D., Chief of Hospitalist Medicine and Emerging Service Lines at Access TeleCare as she shares how her team implemented Access TeleCare’s teleNephrology and inpatient dialysis program that transformed access to renal care for patients in their community.

Drawing from firsthand implementation experience, Heather will discuss the operational decisions, clinical workflows, and leadership strategies that made the program successful, while sharing measurable outcomes and lessons learned along the way.

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Meet the Speakers

Heather Porter, BSN, ACM-RN
Chief Clinical Officer
NMC Health
Saurin Patel, M.D.
Saurin Patel, M.D.
Chief of Hospitalist Medicine & Emerging Service Lines
Access TeleCare

Learning Objectives

  • Examine how NMC Health evaluated the need for local teleNephrology and inpatient dialysis services.
  • Identify the implementation strategies, workflows, and leadership decisions that supported a successful launch.
  • Evaluate the clinical, operational, and organizational outcomes to determine whether a similar approach could benefit your rural hospital.

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