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Leverage the power of telemedicine to care for patients with complex infections

2024-07-01T14:26:29-05:00February 1, 2022|

Eighty percent of counties in the U.S. have no practicing infectious disease specialists, according to a 2020 study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. This translates to 208 million people without access to infectious disease care. Yet, the lack of available specialists doesn’t [...]

From telePsychiatry Skepticism to Advocacy—and Beyond

2024-07-01T11:13:09-05:00October 21, 2021|

We hear many stories about healthcare professionals and patients overcoming telePsychiatry skepticism, but none more gratifying than SOC’s new Director of Behavioral Health. Char Biamonte, Ph.D., MA, BS, BC-NE, BC-RN, FACHE, has more than 30 years of healthcare experience, primarily in a [...]

Reduce Mortality by Keeping More Cardiology Patients Local: teleCardiology 3.0

2024-06-18T15:40:49-05:00October 13, 2021|

By Punag Divanji, MD, FACC TeleCardiology version 1.0 began from the need to reduce mortality rates from high-risk cardiovascular disease, which remains the leading cause of death in the U.S. across nearly every demographic group. Just over 900,000 people die from cardiovascular [...]

Credentialing by Proxy for Telemedicine: 7 Things to Know

2024-04-23T12:53:32-05:00September 23, 2021|

Credentialing by proxy reduces the burden on hospitals implementing telemedicine. Using the verification documentation that Access TeleCare has already collected, resource-challenged medical staff offices can streamline the process for privileging physician panels for telemedicine. Rebecca Kish, VP of Provider Network Operations for [...]

Telemedicine for Mental Health: teleMental Health vs. teleBehavioral Health vs. telePsychiatry

2024-07-23T15:57:50-05:00August 27, 2021|

In 2016, two researchers embarked on a systematic—one might say, extremely comprehensive—review of terminology to describe telemedicine for mental health in the U.S. They searched mental health licensure websites in all 50 states, reviewed related laws, statutes, rules, policies, and newsletters, and [...]

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