Connected care

High Plains Community Health Center was selected by UnitedHealthcare and Centura Health as a pilot location for the Connected Care program.  Connected Care is a convenient new way for residents of Lamar and surrounding communities to receive specialty care from specialists affiliated with the Centura Health network of care at St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center in Pueblo and St. Anthony Central Hospital or Little Adventist Hospital in Denver. This innovative program should launch in the late summer of 2010.

Connected Care uses high-definition video technology and remote monitoring equipment like a remote stethoscope or dermascope to deliver a telehealth experience remarkably similar to an in-person visit with a doctor. Patients schedule appointments and receive care in a private telehealth exam room located in the High Plains Community Health Center.

Specialties include cardiology, gastroenterology, otolaryngology (Ears, Nose and Throat), pulmonology, neurology and general surgery. Additional specialties will be added in the future.

 

Telehealth equipment at High Plains CHC connects patients with out of town specialists.  Click for video.

Bringing Specialists to Lamar Using Telehealth

Technology Improves Access to Health Care

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