WELLSTAR
MCG Health also provides other acute care, ambulatory care, and direct-to-consumer virtual care programmes to patients and providers in Georgia. These range from telehospitalists, tele-paediatric ER, sickle cell, paediatric subspecialty care, reproductive medicine, primary care, and bariatric surgery. The institution is particularly focused on growing ambulatory care offerings to improve access and quality of care for all of Georgia to complement the acute care offerings in rural hospitals. This creates a more holistic care offering for patients in these communities by being able to access needed follow-up care without having to travel to an urban setting in Georgia.
Additionally, the Virtual Care @ Home programme was launched in February 2021 as a response to COVID-19. Like many others
“ In the future, I see everything working in complete unison, from the health information exchanges all the way down to talking to clinicians through digital mean”
DR MATT LYON ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, WELLSTAR
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