Telehealth programs expand access to care so that people can conveniently receive medical advice and treatment no matter where they are located.
This report examines how telehealth is part of a digital health revolution that offers new ways for patients and providers to interact.
Given current health care challenges, including major clinician shortages, telehealth holds tremendous potential to leverage geographically dispersed provider capacity to support patient demand.
Telebehavioral health offers tremendous potential to transform care delivery by overcoming geographic distances and enhancing access to care, particularly or those in underserved and/or rural areas.
Gillette Children’s virtual rehab program has enabled them to better serve the medically complex children in their community, especially those living in rural areas.
Johnna Nynas, M.D., OB/GYN at Sanford Health Bemidji, discusses the dramatic expansion of maternal telehealth capabilities in Minnesota, as well as an inspiring telehealth program that reaches families in rural areas of the state.