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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Palmetto Care Connections 11th Annual Telehealth Summit

Palmetto Care Connections is the host of the Annual Telehealth Summit of South Carolina. Each year healthcare providers, vendors, and legislators attend this conference to discuss new trends in...

Tele-psychiatry Program Eases Burden on South Carolina Emergency Rooms

Nearly 1 in 5 American adults struggle with a mental health condition but access to behavioral health services is limited throughout the United States and worldwide. People often end up in their local...

2023 Rick Foster Primary Care Telehealth Champion

Dr. Rick Foster was posthumously honored during the Annual Telehealth Summit of South Carolina held this month in Greenville with the 2023 Dr. Rick Foster Primary Care Telehealth Champion award. Dr...

Learn how SC forensic nurse examiners empower survivors of sexual assault

Using 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...

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.