Access TeleCare CEO Chris Gallagher, M.D., recently sat down with Authority Magazine, a Medium publication, to discuss several changes that can greatly improve U.S. healthcare. Gallagher outlines five areas that would advance improvements, compiled as a set of solutions informed by his experience a physician and entrepreneur. “We simply cannot keep doing things the way we always have and expect different outcomes,” Gallagher said. From improving access to care and reducing the administrative burdens associated with care delivery to embracing positive change, Gallagher discussed five changes ..read more

From Maine to California, more than 100 rural hospitals have completely closed their doors since 2005, as providers face a common set of specialist availability and financial challenges – challenges that telemedicine can solve. In rural Arkansas, Piggott Health System persevered despite the trend and established themselves as a regional leader in specialty care. By deploying Access TeleCare’s telemedicine programs, their team increased clinical capacity and expanded services, reducing transfers and caring for more patients locally. The results have been overwhelmingly positive for the small-to ..read more

Telemedicine provides the answer The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a recent health alert notifying health care providers of the increased risk of dengue virus infection in the U.S. More than 9.7 million cases have been reported across the Americas so far this year – more than double the number of cases reported in all of 2023. Telemedicine equips hospitals of any size with the infectious disease expertise to diagnose and treat complex or rare diseases, like dengue. “Having immediate access to an Access TeleCare infectious disease expert means hospitals are alway ..read more

Explore operations and insights from acute care and behavioral health telemedicine programs currently deployed by Access TeleCare, the nation’s largest specialty telemedicine provider. Access TeleCare’s chief growth officer for medical specialty service lines, John Henry, will join other experts and health care leaders as a panelist for ACHE of North Texas’ The Business of Healthcare program. Henry will join a multidisciplinary panel of health care leaders to share insights, discuss recent trends and innovations, and highlight how Access TeleCare’s telemedicine programs impact patient care and ..read more

Access TeleCare CEO Chris Gallagher, M.D., and UnityPoint Health System interim chief medical officer Cate Ranheim, M.D., explored firsthand experiences with telemedicine solutions and discussed successful strategies for deploying them in a recent webinar hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review. Discussion focused on telemedicine’s ability to address the challenges of access to specialty care, timeliness of care, and workforce shortages and burnout. Watch the webinar now The webinar also featured specific discussions around the advantages Access TeleCare’s telemedicine programs brought for behavio ..read more

For hospitals seeking long-term solutions to meet their community’s specialty care needs, adding just one Access TeleCare telemedicine program can be the catalyst for rapid and organic expansion into specialty services that would otherwise be unfeasible without virtual care. Once one Access TeleCare telemedicine program is launched, hospitals find the integration of additional service lines as the natural next step towards becoming a leader in local specialty care and meeting the community’s care needs. Access TeleCare’s integrated telemedicine platform is centered around a seamless combinatio ..read more

Arun Gopal, M.D., national medical director of outpatient care and consultation-liaison telePsychiatry at Access TeleCare, spoke with Behavioral Health Business about Access telemedicine’s critical role in caring for patients with substance abuse disorders in emergency departments. Emergency rooms are the front line of care for patients with substance abuse disorders, but often lack the capacity and specialty access to care for patients with substance abuse disorders (SUDs), who typically use more than one drug and can also present with complex behavioral health care needs. “Polysubstance use ..read more

Pritam Ghosh, M.D., chief medical officer and medical group president of Access TeleCare, recently sat down with mHealthIntelligence to discuss Access TeleCare’s rural heart care research program. The program is designed to gather insights and develop sustainable improvements for heart care in rural areas, where people face a higher risk of dying from heart failure than people in urban areas. “[Rural heart failure patients] tend not to have access to the highest level of care that you get at a tertiary referral care center or a major medical hospital or a medical center,” Dr. Ghosh said during ..read more

Rural hospital leaders work tirelessly to find sustainable solutions to help meet their community’s care needs and address the significant financial challenges jeopardizing the future of rural health care. Access TeleCare’s telemedicine programs do both. Customizable telemedicine programs provide capacity and timely access to specialty medicine experts when and where they’re needed, eliminating geographic barriers to care and reducing costs associated with hiring locum tenens physicians. The flexibility virtual care offers, combined with Access TeleCare’s commitment to delivering cost-effectiv ..read more

Telemedicine is transforming how rural communities address the opioid epidemic. The lack of access to continuous care for chronic conditions such as opioid use disorder (OUD) can leave rural hospitals without a reliable solution to treat these chronic conditions that often demand extensive treatment plans and follow-up care. In a recent interview with Behavioral Health Business, Access TeleCare’s national medical director of outpatient care and consultation-liaison psychiatry, Arun Gopal, M.D., highlighted the lack of continuous care as a major reason many rural facilities struggle to treat ..read more