The new service — which connects physicians at the Charleston, S.C., location with patients at the Florence, S.C., location — is expected to increase the center’s number of available appointments by 50 percent. Although Greenwood Genetic Center already has an established office in Florence, this office does not have a full-time clinical geneticist.
Physicians at the Charleston office provide patients with virtual consults, clinical evaluations and genetic counseling through high-resolution video and audio equipment, along with digital stethoscopes, otoscopes and ophthalmoscopes. The program is funded through the South Carolina Telehealth Alliance, the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, and the GGC Foundation.
Greenwood Genetic Center has plans to expand the telehealth program statewide.
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