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Controlling Prison Healthcare Costs with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

In 2001, a prisoner taken to University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas took two nurses hostage and assaulted them. CCHCS was also able to expand specialist access from 30 specialists in 4 locations in 2006 to 200 specialists in 22 locations by 2018. He was shot in the chest and a deputy sheriff was shot in the leg. Read case study.

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How Millennials are Reshaping the Entire Healthcare Sector

Advanced Medical Reviews

These reasons include: The desire for instant access, which is manifested in preferences for same-day appointments, telehealth services and short wait times. A Manatt Health study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that the total number of such clinics grew 900 percent between 2006 and 2014 , to 1,800 nationwide.

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