Telehealth Providers of the Future

The South Carolina Telehealth Alliance (SCTA) is a statewide collaboration of many organizations joining forces to expand telehealth services across the state. The SCTA provides guidance, assists with strategic development, and advises on technology and standards to develop an open-access network. This open-access network gives all South Carolina residents access to quality health care, while effectively managing the cost of providing care.

Using the latest in telehealth technologies, MUSC Health is connecting patients and providers across South Carolina with our expert health care team. MUSC Health is focused on expanding access to services, coordinating care, and improving the health of communities. Whether you are a patient needing the care of a MUSC Health specialist through the convenience and comfort of your local doctor’s office, or a provider interested in partnering to offer expanded services to your patients, MUSC Health has a telehealth program for you. Learn more about the many ways MUSC Health is changing what’s possible through 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.

Health Information Technology Solutions established in 2017 is creating a self-sustaining, commercially-minded technology accelerator engine within MUSC’s Foundation for Research for Development to change the lives of patients. The team is committed to reaching out and connecting with all innovators within MUSC innovation to raise awareness of the development resources that we have to assist with intellectual property assessment, software development, Digital Health, mHealth, telemedicine and marketing of technology. HITS is unique in that it has resources dedicated to funding projects that show commercialization potential.

Telehealth is especially critical in rural and other remote areas that lack sufficient health care services, including specialty care. The Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) promotes the use of telehealth technologies for health care delivery, education, and health information services.

Links to Telemedicine projects supported by the National Library of Medicine between 1994 to 2003.

Information on how the U.S. VA uses Telehealth Services and Informatics to improve health care of veterans.

WHO: use of Telehealth for sustainable healthcare.

Regulatory Telehealth organization that provides support on credentialing, licensure and other helpful information.

TeleHealth solutions that allow patients to connect directly with a highly experienced medical professionals via phone, instant messaging and video where feasible.

As the health care field continues to evolve into a comprehensive, service-delivery system and as advancements in medicine and medical education allow people with chronic diseases to live longer lives, a variety of barriers to health remain. We aim to remove those barriers and improve the lives of individuals in North Carolina and South Carolina. We seek to accomplish lasting change by working to expand prevention and early intervention programs, to improve the quality and safety of services, and to increase access to care.