United Telehealth looks to leverage UC between 'hub' and 'spoke' specialists, hospitals

As the U.S. population continues to age, making certain that all Americans have access to the highest level of health care available is becoming more difficult. A diverse population is creating significant pockets where healthcare needs may be underserved, especially in rural or remote areas.

Increasingly, telemedicine, a combination of high definition audio, video and data streams, will be one solution that gets more play. A recent study showed seven percent of U.S. physicians use video conferencing to communicate with their patients.

United Telehealth Services, based in Nashville, Tenn., is a new company looking to create links between  "hub" hospital and specialists' expertise to outlying "spoke" hospitals, clinics and providers. UTS plans to leverage video and audio conferencing technology to design and execute telehealth programs to bring specialists directly to patients, allowing them to receive a higher level of care while staying in their home areas, eliminating unnecessary travel to seek consultations and opinions.

"For years, telehealth has promised to link disparate hospitals, patients and providers, but too often organizations could not coordinate to make the investment of equipment, technology, resources and time bring high enough returns," said CEO John Wilters. "Today, costs have come down and United Telehealth sees an opportunity to help hospitals and providers as they seek to take advantage of telehealth for their facilities."

United Telehealth can serve nearly any specialty, design any level of system and provide complete program management services to ensure expected results are achieved.

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