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Controlling Prison Healthcare Costs with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

When you think of a typical telemedicine visit, you might picture a patient in a rural town communicating with a big-city specialist, or a primary care provider triaging with an emergency room department. But there’s another, less visible realm where telemedicine has transformed costing savings and patient outcomes: correctional facilities.

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7 Ways Telemedicine Helps Control Diabetes

GlobalMed

But what isn’t as well known is how telemedicine is helping patients manage their condition – and even saving their lives in the COVID-19 pandemic. Marrero , director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Border Health Disparities in Tucson, says, “Diabetes may be the most serious public health crisis of our time.”

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6 Ways Telemedicine Helps Control Diabetes

GlobalMed

But what isn’t as well known is how telemedicine is helping patients manage their condition and live healthier lives. Marrero , director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Border Health Disparities in Tucson, says, “Diabetes may be the most serious public health crisis of our time.” Contact Us.

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Technology Assists Family Practice Clinic in Providing Care While Enhancing Learning for DNP Students

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Strayhorn Family Medical Clinic recently launched a telemedicine program to better care for its patients in the rural Mississippi River Delta region with assistance from University of Fig. 1: Location map for Strayhorn Family Medical Clinic Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). Device training at Strayhorn Clinic.

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Driving Transformation through Academic Medical Centers

GlobalMed

Academic medical centers also train future physicians on new and advanced ways to care for patients – so it’s not surprising that they’re leading the charge on telemedicine adoption. Because they are fueled partly by innovation, many academic medical centers strive to build telemedicine fluency in the next generation of providers.

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Treating Skin Cancer in West Texas: A Teledermatology Story

GlobalMed

Pamela Irvin and Charli Grinie of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) surgery team achieved exactly that when tackling the high skin cancer rates in the Texas Panhandle. Learn how GlobalMed can help your organization expand healthcare delivery through telemedicine. Download the full case study here.

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Ochsner Health System’s O Bar & Digital Medicine Program Success & Expansion

Consumer eHealth Engagement

.” Ochsner’s digital medicine team consists of a pharmacist/APP to help the patient with the “right guideline-directed medicine” and a health coach to provide guidance on lifestyle decisions using behavioral health science techniques.