Telehealth

Telehealth offers new ways of delivering care through the use of video and audio technologies.

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.  

The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated Telehealth opportunities in our state as we strive to keep South Carolinians safe at home while providing necessary medical care.
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Behind the Scene taping at Prisma Health
On demand videos expand Prisma Health’s reach

On demand videos expand Prisma Health’s reach

When the coronavirus pandemic halted in-person classes, Prisma Health pivoted its school-based telehealth education program, expanding to reach more students. “We really just revamped the telehealth...
Congressman Jim Clyburn making remarks about the broadband pilot project
Pilot project helps expand broadband access in rural Allendale County

Pilot project helps expand broadband access in rural Allendale County

The South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff along with state, local and private-sector partners have launched a broadband project bringing Wi-Fi access to 1,000 homes in 60 days where no access...
Cristin Swords Adams, DO, MPH, and Assistant Professor for the MUSC Department of Family Medicine, demonstrates how a telehealth visit works at The Navigation Center.
Center for homeless offers medical care through unique partnership

Center for homeless offers medical care through unique partnership

A Charleston resource center for people experiencing homelessness uses telehealth to provide medical care to one of the state’s most vulnerable populations. More than 4,000 people in the state of...
Tobacco cessation patient Jason Ramsey connects with Emily Ware, Pharm D., a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist with the Tobacco Treatment Program at MUSC.
Trouble kicking the habit? Telehealth can help

Trouble kicking the habit? Telehealth can help

About 42 million Americans still smoke cigarettes, and tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. Quitting is an incredibly...
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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

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Center For Homeless Connects People to Medical Services

More than 4,000 people in South Carolina are experiencing homelessness. In the…

State-Wide Collaborative Unites Rural Communities to Advance Digital Equity

On a windy afternoon earlier this month, U.S. Rep. James Clyburn along with…

Virtual Eye Screenings Detect Potential Blindness

There are an estimated 34 million people living with diabetes in the United…

What is the South Carolina Telehealth Alliance 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.