Access TeleCare Critical Care programs give hospitals the support and capacity to reduce transfers of critically ill patients and effectively treat and manage high-acuity patients from day one. Discover more benefits of an Access TeleCare virtual ICU (or teleICU) program and contact us to bring expert critical care to your ICU. Benefits of Access TeleCare’s Virtual ICU programs: Improved care for critically ill patients: 24/7/365 coverage from teleCritical Care specialists gives hospitals the capacity to proactively monitor critically ill patients and rapidly intervene, improving patient outco ..read more

By Pritam Ghosh, M.D. Access TeleCare Chief Medical Officer Needs push us to innovate. What are the challenges your patients are facing today? What are the needs that are pressing you and/or your facility? What can you invent or what has already been invented and just needs to be harnessed? Be unafraid to innovate, change, and partner with others who are unafraid of the same. If you do, you can turn challenges into very rewarding and fulfilling successes solving age-old problems. Embarking on the path of healthcare management has been a transformative journey for me, marked by a profound rea ..read more

Hospital readmissions have many causes, and reducing readmissions can involve addressing multiple non-health care factors, such as transportation. But hospitals can reduce the likelihood of readmission by avoiding transferring patients to another hospital for care. With specialty telemedicine, hospitals can have in-house care for patients for a number of acute care needs and not need to transfer them to another hospital for care, possibly triggering the readmission cycle. The Link Between Transfers and Readmissions Transferring patients away from their local communities for care can kick off ..read more

No patient wants to step into their local hospital only to be told they need to be transferred far from home for the care they need. Through telemedicine, Access TeleCare’s teleNeurology services enables hospitals of any size to treat even complex neurological cases locally, reducing the need for transfers and building trust with patients who can count on the local hospital to provide the specialty care they need. “We needed consistent and comprehensive inpatient coverage for neurology, and that’s why we reached out to Access TeleCare,” said Casey Willis, National Park Medical Center’s chie ..read more

Access TeleCare Neurology insight coming to the 2024 AAN Annual Meeting Access TeleCare is the largest provider of teleNeurology services to hospitals in the U.S., delivering expert neurology care while also advancing neurology research to improve patient care. From teleStroke programs delivering rapid stroke care to teleNeurosurgery consultation and teleNeurohospitalist programs that help hospitals treat more patients locally, Access TeleCare’s neurology services include an array of neurological care services. For many of our hospital partners, these teleNeurology services make them the regio ..read more

March 30 is Doctors’ Day, a day to celebrate and recognize the incredible physicians advancing patient-centered care and vital clinical research at Access TeleCare and around the country. The hard-working and dedicated physicians at Access TeleCare go above and beyond delivering excellent care to further advancements and innovations across the health care industry. From publishing research aimed at improving outcomes for stroke patients to tackling nationwide infectious disease challenges, our physicians are at the forefront of research initiatives making a real difference in modern health car ..read more

Access TeleCare’s telemedicine programs bring communities across Texas closer to timely and expert specialty care. Take Palo Pinto General Hospital for example. The rural hospital serves more than 30,000 residents and launched a telePulmonary and Critical Care program with Access TeleCare to meet the care needs of its community and care for more patients locally. In just a few months, the hospital achieved a 50 percent increase in its case mix index and a 30 percent increase in ICU volume, while also reducing outbound transfers of patients needing pulmonary care down to 5 percent from a high o ..read more

When every second counts, your care teams don’t have time to worry about whether they have the capacity or resources to deliver timely care for patients experiencing a stroke or stroke-like symptoms. “This is 24/7, 365 coverage that we provide for our hospital partners,” said Annie Tsui, D.O., chief of neurology at Access TeleCare. “We’re there to co-manage patient care with on-site teams as part of fully integrated programs that ensure the best care decisions are made for patients.” Watch the video to see Dr. Tsui discuss what comprehensive, round-the-clock stroke care with Access TeleCare ..read more

Virtual ICU with Access TeleCare is so much more than on-demand video consultations. It’s a fully integrated, highly collaborative critical care program managed by Access TeleCare’s board-certified critical care experts. Our specialists assist with ICU management, including transfer decision support, and collaborate with on-site teams to develop care plans and perform daily assessments through proactive, thorough, and structured interactions. How Does a Virtual ICU Work? When hospitals lack the capacity to staff an ICU 24/7, physicians and staff face an increased risk of burnout and patients f ..read more

Access TeleCare neurologist, Amrou Sarraj, M.D., recently published peer-reviewed study findings on the efficacy of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for treating patients with acute ischemic strokes. Through this research, Dr. Sarraj makes the case for expanding patient eligibility for EVT treatments to improve clinical outcomes for patients experiencing an ischemic stroke. Dr. Sarraj’s findings were most recently published in the Feb. 7, 2024 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and The Lancet. Earlier findings were published in The New England Journal of Medicine. F ..read more