5 Tactics to Tackling Rural Health Challenges with Telemedicine

A woman living in a rural community has a low-risk pregnancy. Unable to make her outpatient visits to see her OB, she is provided the option to leverage telehealth to safely carry to term. Throughout her pregnancy, the patient and doctor meet via a mobile-based telehealth service. Twice, a medical assistant visits the patient to obtain blood work and complete an ultrasound.

Or, a mother of four believes her child is sick; however she is hesitant to take her family to the doctor for fear of exposing the children to the flu germs that are pervasive throughout the country. She instead makes a telehealth appointment with her doctor to have her daughter’s cough evaluated…