Telehealth

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.  

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 A simulation of a tele-psychiatry evaluation at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, S.C.

My Telehealth: Virtual evaluations improve access to psychiatric care

This 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...

Annual Awareness Week Highlights Value of Telehealth

Telehealth Awareness Week (TAW) takes place September 17-23, 2023. The annual awareness campaign highlights the value that telehealth brings to patients including better access to quality health care...

Telehealth Improves Access to Quality Health Care

Telehealth Awareness Week (TAW) takes place September 17-23, 2023. The annual awareness campaign highlights the value that telehealth brings to patients including better access to quality health care...

Virtual Mentoring and Partnership Create Support Network for Nurses

In 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...

House-calls: Healthcare in the Digital Age

This documentary 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 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.