A 137-bed community hospital in the Mountain West region of the U.S. faced an infectious disease specialist workforce challenge when their local infectious disease clinician was splitting their time between inpatient and outpatient needs. Over time, that model became unsustainable.
The hospital partnered with Access TeleCare to bring teleInfectious Disease support into the inpatient setting. With Access TeleCare managing inpatient consults and care needs, the local specialist was able to focus more fully on outpatient infectious disease care, including post-hospitalization follow-up and ongoing management.
The case study shows how teleInfectious Disease can help hospitals protect valuable local physician resources, improve operational efficiency, and continue delivering high-quality specialty care close to home.
Read the full case study to learn how Access TeleCare helped this Mountain West hospital build a stronger infectious disease model.
