Joy Bonala
Joy Bonala is a multimedia journalist currently based in Summerville, SC. She began her career in print media after graduating from Western Kentucky University with a degree in photojournalism. She loved using her passion for photography to document local news and tell the stories of people in her community. Her career in journalism has allowed her to experience life across the United States with positions in Oklahoma, Virginia, New Hampshire, Wyoming and Texas. Eventually, she brought her visual skills to radio as a news director at an NPR news station in Abilene, TX. There she explored new ways to complement audio stories by incorporating still photographs and video. And now, as a content producer in the digital department at SCETV, she is a storyteller for the MyTelehealth Team which seeks to elevate public understanding and knowledge of Telehealth and its diverse services in South Carolina.
Stories
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Project ECHO Creates Educational Network for Peer Support Community
October 24, 2023The Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes, known as Project ECHO, connects health care workers online for virtual discussions and case learning. In South Carolina, a Peer Support ECHO provides an online learning community for peer support specialists. A Peer Support... -
Learn How Forensic Nurse Examiners Empower Survivors of Sexual Assault
October 11, 2023Using a secure digital forensic imaging system, a team of nurses at McLeod Health provides specialized, trauma-informed care to victims of sexual assault. Located in Florence, the forensic nurse examiner program is the only program of its kind in the area. Unfortunately... -
My Telehealth: Paramedics make house calls
September 21, 2023Community Paramedicine is a healthcare model that brings paramedics into the homes of patients for non-emergent reasons to help with access to health care. In South Carolina, the community paramedicine program at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System has had a big impact on... -
My Telehealth: How telehealth is used by local boards of disabilities and special needs
September 20, 2023Michaela Moss sits at her kitchen table. It is 10 p.m. at night. Beside her is Erica Kinloch, a healthcare technician for the Board of Disabilities and Special Needs. They talk on the phone with a telehealth facilitator for Station MD a telehealth service that the BDSN uses... -
My Telehealth: Virtual evaluations improve access to psychiatric care
September 18, 2023This story is part of series marking Telehealth Awareness Week 2023. You can find more reporting here . In the United States, about one in five adults live with some type of mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, or depression... -
Virtual Mentoring and Partnership Create Support Network for Nurses
August 30, 2023In Sumter, the surgical inpatient floor at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital is always bustling with activity for Registered Nurse Sarah Richardson who moves from room to room assessing patients, administering medications, and tending wounds. “We work on a busy floor here, where...
