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May, 2020
Listen to TeleSpecialists Partner and TeleNeurologist, Dr. Amanda Avila, speak with RadioMD.com on how people are avoiding going to emergency rooms during COVID-19 even when they should be going for other medical emergencies. [su_button url="http://radiomd.com/show/covid-19-daily/item/42320-when-to-go-to-an-er-even-during-a-pandemic" target="blank" background="#ffffff" color="#3690c1" size="10"…
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Apr, 2020
The FCC has launched the $200M COVID-19 Telehealth program as part of the CARES Act, designed to enable health care providers to expand into telehealth services within their practice or facility. COVID-19 has brought a much-needed acceptance of telehealth to the medical industry, and this new application process is a welcomed opportunity for providers who want to venture into this technology-based way of medicine. The Telehealth program is designed to…
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Apr, 2020
TeleSpecialists is excited to announce that we have passed ISO 9001:2015 with no open existing non-compliances! To maintain the highest level of management system and having all the requirements for standardization and quality assurance is the core of TeleSpecialists'…
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Feb, 2020
FORT MYERS, Fla., January 28, 2020 – TeleSpecialists has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a healthcare organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care. TeleSpecialists underwent a rigorous, onsite review on Dec. 16, 2019. During the visit, a team of The Joint Commission…
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Sep, 2019
Recently, primary stroke centers (PSCs), have been faced with the struggle to maintain market share withstanding the industry's latest "trend" of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) taking patients with stroke symptoms straight to a comprehensive stroke center (CSC), regardless of…
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Jun, 2019
TeleSpecialists is pleased to announce its annual recertification for ISO 9001:2015. ISO 9001 is the international standard that specifies requirements for quality management systems. The purpose of receiving the coveted certification is so that TeleSpecialists can align with the same high- standard management tools and continue to deliver its services with the highest quality of standards to its hospitals. “It brings me great pleasure that we had our recertification survey…
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May, 2019
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they have implemented Section 50323 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. The act encourages CMS to expand Medicare’s use of telehealth benefits to its policy holders as part…
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May, 2019
Redesigned site focuses on TeleStroke and TeleNeuroHospitalist Services and Resources TeleSpecialists, a physician-founded company dedicated to providing specialized telemedicine services to hospitals, has just launched its brand-new state-of-the-art website, www.TSTeleMed.com. The new website is devoted to providing education and resources for hospitals and health systems in need of TeleNeuroHospitalist and TeleStroke services. Health care professionals visiting the website will now have access to events, webinars, videos, news and information about…
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Feb, 2018
FT. MYERS, Fla. – (BUSINESS WIRE) –TeleSpecialists (www.tstelemed.com), bringing real-time expertise virtually to hospitals across the U.S., is pleased to announce it is now servicing over 100 hospitals nationally in 18 states. Founded in 2014 as a telemedicine company, TeleSpecialists helps…
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Feb, 2016
-Gillespie, SM, et al. Telemedicine and e-Health. January 2016. A group of researchers from the University of Rochester School of Medicine recently published an article looking at high intensity telemedicine in senior living community residents and its effect on emergency department utilization. They looked at data from a prospective cohort study and compared the annual rate of change in ED use among patients who resided in communities that were more…
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