The approach taken by Harris Health System, the safety-net health care system for Harris County, Texas, can serve as a model for using telemedicine to improve access for disadvantaged populations.
Patients monitored virtually after nonelective surgery had significantly reduced pain and greater detection and correction of medication errors, according to researchers at McMaster University in Ontario.
Over the summer, Whitfield Regional Hospital in Alabama became an unlikely landing pad for critically ill COVID-19 patients from across the entire state — with the help of a team of telemedicine specialists calling in from more than 100 miles away.
Oviedo, Fla.-based MomentMD is moving its headquarters to Birmingham following an investment from the Alabama Futures Fund. MomentMD offers an end-to-end, decentralized telemedicine platform focused on serving uninsured, high-deductible health plan patients and college students.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Mental health services are expanding at the University of Virginia. UVA is partnering with a telehealth firm called TimelyCare to provide students with more appointment availabilities. Every student will get access to 12 individual telehealth appointments per school year.
Two companies are leaders in telehealth as a result of their breadth of services and their ambitious future plans, but it's important to remember that neither is profitable yet.