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New CDC Health Alert Highlights Need for Infectious Disease Expertise

2024-08-14T10:00:48-05:00July 15, 2024|

Telemedicine Provides Immediate Access to Infectious Disease Experts The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a recent health alert notifying health care providers of the increased risk of dengue virus infection in the U.S. More than 9.7 million cases have been reported [...]

Access TeleCare Expert Applauds New Research Identifying Loneliness as Stroke Risk Factor

2024-07-01T16:58:30-05:00July 3, 2024|

Elaine Jones, M.D., FAAN, medical director of quality and neurologist with Access TeleCare, shared her expert insight into new research on the link between chronic loneliness and an increased risk of stroke with Medscape Medical News. In addition to extreme weather and [...]

Telemedicine Solutions to Hospitals’ Most Pressing Challenges: Becker’s Webinar Recap

2024-08-14T10:06:52-05:00June 27, 2024|

Exploring Telemedicine Strategies for Specialty Care Access TeleCare CEO Chris Gallagher, M.D., and UnityPoint Health System interim chief medical officer Cate Ranheim, M.D., explored firsthand experiences with telemedicine solutions and discussed successful strategies for deploying them in a recent webinar hosted [...]

Making Up Time Lost to Prehospital Delays with 24/7 TeleStroke Coverage

2024-08-14T10:14:41-05:00June 27, 2024|

Key Points on Overcoming Prehospital Stroke Delays with Telemedicine Over half of patients in a recent study arrived at the hospital more than two hours after the onset of stroke symptoms. Prehospital delays create additional challenges for time-sensitive stroke care. Access [...]

How a Single Telemedicine Program Unlocks Seamless Growth & Expansion

2024-08-14T11:07:35-05:00June 24, 2024|

For hospitals seeking long-term solutions to meet their community’s specialty care needs, adding just one Access TeleCare telemedicine program can be the catalyst for rapid and organic expansion into specialty services that would otherwise be unfeasible without virtual care. Once one Access [...]

Telemedicine Enhances Complex Substance Abuse Care for Emergency Departments

2024-07-01T11:14:54-05:00June 21, 2024|

Arun Gopal, M.D., national medical director of outpatient care and consultation-liaison telePsychiatry at Access TeleCare, spoke with Behavioral Health Business about Access telemedicine’s critical role in caring for patients with substance abuse disorders in emergency departments. Emergency rooms are the front line [...]

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

2024-08-19T16:57:32-05:00June 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 [...]

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