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What is Telehealth? Telehealth is the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration.

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Home-monitoring keeping some High-risk Patients out of the Hospital

By Taylor Crouch & Tabitha Safdi • Jan 24, 2017
Home health nurse watching over patient as she sends vitals in to be analyzed.
Taylor Crouch

A home-monitoring program is allowing high-risk patients stay out of the hospital. With telehealth, patients submit vital signs to their doctor, in the comfort of their own home. Through daily measurements the doctors monitor any sudden changes, while patients adopt healthy habits to last a lifetime.

Tele-Psychiatry Emerges as Innovative Solution for Hospitals in S.C.

By Marina Ziehe & Tabitha Safdi • Jan 16, 2017
Sitting in her office, in Aiken, S.C., Dr. Ratliff conducts a telepsychiatry consultation to a patient sitting in a private room located at one of the emergency departments in S.C.
Marina Ziehe

In South Carolina, rural communities are struggling with access to mental health care. In many places, there is a shortage of psychiatrists to attend people in need of services. To serve those with mental illness in distant, rural communities, the South Carolina Department of Mental Health adopted an innovative solution: tele-psychiatry.

Telehealth Increases Access to Care in South Carolina

By Marina Ziehe & Tabitha Safdi • Jan 9, 2017
Student gives MUSC Nurse a virtual fist bump after examination
Tabitha Safdi/SCETV

South Carolina faces many disparities in health care, specialists in the industry affirm. Issues related to cost, transportation and shortages of providers reach into every corner of the Palmetto State. In order to address the problem, numerous hospitals and clinics are tapping into telehealth, a way to provide care remotely.

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