telemedicine

SOC Telemed stockholders to receive $3.00 per share in cash Partnership enables continued growth and expansion of leading US provider of acute care telemedicine Herndon, VA – February 3, 2022 – SOC Telemed, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLMD) (the “Company” or “SOC Telemed”), the [...]

By Sina Haeri, MD I like to start my presentations to health care groups by pointing out that telemedicine in the care of pregnant women is nothing new. We’ve been doing virtual prenatal visits for years. And, we’ve had at-home monitoring of [...]

By Jason Hallock, MD I have a gut check question for you: what percentage of U.S. healthcare could be delivered virtually? Ten percent? Twenty-five? What about 90 percent? This is, in effect, the multi-billion dollar question for U.S. healthcare in a post-COVID [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Access TeleCare began providing teleNeurology consultations in 2004. As we built our telemedicine practice to include telePsychiatry and teleICU, we skinned our knees and learned a lot of valuable lessons. Our physicians, hospital partners, Consult Coordination Center, and quality team all provided [...]

By Jason Hallock, MD I talk to many hospital leaders in my capacity as SOC’s Chief Medical Officer. Lately, there’s been a recurring theme: too many vendors—and confusion about what to do about it. I’ve spoken recently with health systems ranging from [...]

By Mauricio Sirvent When the pandemic spread wildly in March of last year, hospitals around the world were suddenly stretched thin. In an ideal world, the pandemic would have been the perfect opportunity to deploy an acute care telemedicine solution; to meet [...]

Five Critical Areas to Consider Many hospitals have turned to telePsychiatry services as a way to assist the delivery of psychiatric evaluations to alleviate overcrowding in the emergency department, reduce Length-of-Stay (LOS) for patients needing consult and liaison psychiatry, or augment inpatient [...]