SIU School of Medicine was founded with a mission to advance patient care for central and southern Illinois. It has created an environment of advocacy and access, helping communities to solve their local health problems.
SIU Telehealth Services use the latest technology to deliver medical, educational and research information to patients and practitioners in a convenient, cost-effective way.
Telehealth encompasses patient consultations through video conferencing, transmission of still images, remote monitoring of vital signs, continuing medical education, consumer-focused wireless applications, nursing call centers and other applications.
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Telehealth Services
Telehealth Services provides access to quality care through secure, traditional site-based telehealth and virtual strategies that bring specialists and primary care providers right to your home, hospital or clinic.
Virtual care through telehealth
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The evolution of Telehealth at SIU Medicine
SIU Medicine Minute with Laura Hepp Kessel - Telehealth Services
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Caring for our caregivers
Caregiver is defined as “a family member or paid helper who regularly looks after a child or a sick, elderly or disabled person.” For many caregivers, this definition does not adequately describe all
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Expanding access to Maternal-Fetal Medicine care
Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) supports patients facing high-risk pregnancies. This care is time-sensitive and essential: a lack of MFM care is associated with worse outcomes for mothers and their
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Telehealth’s advantages, myths and impact on health care equity
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