HealthLeaders Media August 22, 2025
With virtual care facing a crossroads, rural hospitals and health systems are touting the platform as a means of reducing transfers and keeping patients closer to home and family.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Rural health systems and hospitals are struggling to stay open and don’t have the resources on hand to treat more of their patients.
– Telemedicine platforms can enable small providers to connect with specialists at larger organizations, giving them the opportunity to treat more patients rather than transferring or referring them elsewhere.
– Larger health systems can also use the technology to create a hub-and-spoke platform that allow them to market their specialists and services to other hospitals.
Rural healthcare providers are struggling to stay open. They don’t...
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