Summary:
«Armando Ruiz is like many who walk through the doors of Exalta Health: an elderly man greeted in his native Spanish by a bilingual marquee outside the small purple clinic on Grand Rapids’ main thoroughfare. He’s also one of many Exalta patients who took advantage of a partnership with a local hospital to receive needed specialty care through a unique hybrid remote/in-person model.»
«The partnership between Exalta and University of Michigan Health-West serves a variety of business objectives for both providers. As a lesson in the potential for telemedicine to serve disparate populations, the early results of this partnership are promising. Ruiz, an uninsured immigrant from Guatemala, might not have received a proper diagnosis for his combination of chest pains and respiratory problems without seeing a specialist ― an appointment that would ordinarily be unaffordable and take him outside of Exalta’s facility.»
«Ruiz first met with Laura Kass, a Physician Assistant who treks 7 miles from UMH-West’s campus to Exalta once a week. With help from an on-site interpreter, Kass was able to order tests for Ruiz and refer him to a UMH-West cardiologist. Ruiz’s appointment with the cardiologist was then conducted at Exalta using a remote video call with help from the interpreter.»
Article written by Julia Bonchenkova / Photo by: Markus Winkler
06|03|2023
Source:
Health Care IT Today
https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2023/03/06/using-telehealth-to-serve-disparate-populations/