What is Telehealth?
Telehealth offers new ways of delivering care through the use of video and audio. The clinical opportunities provide many positive impacts that include better health outcomes, more immediate treatments, economic benefits and access to specialized care and consultation.
Latest News
Medicare telehealth coverage set to expire unless Congress averts government shutdown
My Telehealth: Curbing addiction — A journey of recovery through telehealth
How VA Mobile Units Are Reaching Homeless Veterans
SCETV and South Carolina Telehealth Alliance showcase telehealth stories during Telehealth Awareness Week
Text-based Screening Improves Care for Pregnant and Postpartum Women
My Telehealth
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.Telehealth News on scetv.org
My Telehealth: Government shutdown leads to irregular telehealth access
Almost 7 million Americans on Medicare use telehealth for doctor visits. But…
Medicare telehealth coverage set to expire unless Congress averts government shutdown
The clock is ticking for Congress to reach a funding agreement and avoid a…
My Telehealth: Answer the call, bridge the gap to mental health
In South Carolina, an estimated one in six people under the age of 17…
House-calls: Healthcare in the Digital Age
House-calls: Healthcare in the Digital Age takes a deep dive into the evolution of telehealth in America. Technology including high speed internet and smart devices has led to the rebirth of the house-call form of health care delivery. Today, doctors are now able to visit a patient virtually, wherever they are located- at home, school, or the workplace.
What is the South Carolina Telehealth Alliance (SCTA) and My Telehealth?
Through the human stories of patients, families, clinicians and others, SCETV, in collaboration with the South Carolina Telehealth Alliance, will carefully dissect the complexities of Telehealth.
The goal of each story is to elevate public understanding and knowledge of Telehealth and its diverse services in South Carolina.
The clinical opportunities within Telehealth provide many positive impacts that include better health outcomes, more immediate treatments, economic benefits and access to specialized care and consultation.
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