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Telemedicine: A Way Forward for Rural Hospitals

2024-06-11T17:11:00-05:00June 11, 2024|

Rural hospital leaders work tirelessly to find sustainable solutions to help meet their community’s care needs and address the significant financial challenges jeopardizing the future of rural health care. Access TeleCare’s telemedicine programs do both. Customizable telemedicine programs provide capacity and timely [...]

Behavioral Health Integration Through Telemedicine: Equipping Primary Care Providers on the Front Lines of Patient Care

2024-06-11T17:11:12-05:00June 7, 2024|

For primary care providers wanting to expand their capacity to care for their patients’ behavioral health care needs, an integrated telemedicine solution can be the answer. With 60 to 80 percent of primary care visits including a behavioral health component, patients [...]

Tackling the Opioid Epidemic with Continuous Patient Care Through Telemedicine

2024-06-11T17:11:05-05:00June 5, 2024|

Telemedicine is transforming how rural communities address the opioid epidemic. The lack of access to continuous care for chronic conditions such as opioid use disorder (OUD) can leave rural hospitals without a reliable solution to treat these chronic conditions that often demand [...]

The Risk of Stroke is Never Zero: Warning Signs, Preventive Measures, and the Importance of Timely Care Intervention

2024-06-14T09:21:58-05:00June 3, 2024|

Public education directed at consumers increases awareness of the signs and symptoms of a stroke, improving outcomes for those patients who get treatment faster. By coupling timelier intervention with improved access to a constrained supply of neurologists, Access TeleCare works with local [...]

Telemedicine is a Strategic Solution to Hospitals’ Most Pressing Challenges: Becker’s Healthcare Webinar

2024-07-01T11:15:13-05:00May 31, 2024|

Access TeleCare president/CEO Chris Gallagher, M.D. and UnityPoint Health interim chief medical officer Cate Ranheim, M.D. discussed telemedicine’s central role in shaping the future of health care delivery during a Becker’s Healthcare Webinar. Download the webinar now For more than two [...]

Bridging the Gap Between Physical and Behavioral Health Care with Consultation-Liaison telePsychiatry

2024-06-20T10:33:43-05:00May 30, 2024|

Access TeleCare Provider Spotlight Arun Gopal, M.D. Consultation-liaison telePsychiatrist Collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams solving difficult cases that straddle the line between physical and behavioral health care defines Access TeleCare’s consultation-liaison telePsychiatry programs. And those programs are powered by physicians like Dr. Gopal. [...]

Access TeleCare Consultation-Liaison telePsychiatry Team Develops Innovative Treatment Plan for Suicidal Patient with Huntington’s Disease

2024-07-01T11:15:21-05:00May 28, 2024|

Findings published in Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry A key feature of a physician role with Access TeleCare is the freedom to pursue research and publication opportunities. Last month, several Access TeleCare consultation-liaison psychiatrists published their case study findings in [...]

Summer Heat Increases in Stroke Risk: How TeleStroke & TeleNeurology Can Help

2024-07-01T11:44:02-05:00May 22, 2024|

TeleNeurology Coverage can Help Hospitals Meet the Need for Emergent Treatment May is stroke awareness month, a timely reminder for hospitals to assess their preparedness to care for stroke cases during the summer months, which are expected to bring above average temperatures [...]

What’s in a Name? The Essential Role of Agility and Creativity in Creating a Strong Health Care Brand

2024-07-01T11:15:34-05:00May 20, 2024|

Access TeleCare president/CEO Chris Gallagher, M.D., recently spoke with Fierce Healthcare about the impact agility, creativity, and attention to detail had on establishing a telemedicine brand name our partners and their patients trust. “It wasn't a straight path to get to the [...]

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