WELLSTAR
“Digital health is a new way of delivering healthcare”
DR MATT LYON ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, WELLSTAR
DR MATT LYON
TITLE: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
INDUSTRY: EDUCTION LOCATION: UNITED STATES
Matt Lyon, MD, is a graduate of
Georgia Institute of Technology( Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering), the Medical College of Georgia( MD, 1999), and residency in Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia( 2003).
Through a federal grant, Dr. Lyon began a telemedicine program to aid rural emergency physicians in decreasing transfers to larger cities for time-sensitive treatments and supports the rural clinician in the performance of high-risk, low-volume procedures. The program has been expanded to include inpatient care( Tele-Critical Care) and now includes 16 rural hospitals across Georgia, supporting rural hospital viability and patient-centered care.
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