Telehealth
Improving Mental Health Care in Rural America
Providing You with Health Care at Home
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Do you live in a rural area? Do you struggle to find the time or the money to make the multi-hour trek to the hospital? Telehealth may be a great solution for you! Telehealth provides you with healthcare at the tips of your fingers. Download your providers app, or sign in online for resources such as medical check ups, videoconference therapy and medication refills.
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We will walk through the benefits and barriers to Telehealth, and whether or not it is right for you.
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*Disclaimer* Telehealth is not a substitute for physician or hospital visits, it is complementary. If you are ill or concerned for your health, go see or call your physician.
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FAST FACTS!
"The national average for re-admission to hospitals within 30 days following a heart failure episode is 20%. Telehealth monitoring programs have reduced that level to less than 4%."
California Telehealth Resource Center
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"Only 4% of the Medicaid population uses telehealth, yet studies have shown telehealth is especially impactful to this population given expanded access to care, convenience, and cost savings."
American TeleMed
“70 percent of patients are comfortable communicating with their health care providers via text, e-mail or video, in lieu of seeing them in person"
"Eighty-eight percent of patients agreed or strongly agreed that they were satisfied with the telepsychiatry services they received."
American Hospital Association