Telehealth company Equum Medical has been named a pipeline partner of the National Rural Health Association.
The NHRA has 26,000 members across all 50 states. Because of the partnership, all NHRA members will now have access to Equum services, according to the Sept. 7 Equum news release.
Equum's telehealth services include tele-critical care, virtual sitters, patient transfer and hospital flow optimization, post-acute remote patient monitoring, and telehealth maturity counseling.
"We are pleased to add to our partnership program a company with Equum's depth and breadth of service, quality of physician network and track record of success in delivering much-needed specialist expertise to rural hospitals," NHRA Executive Director Larry Bedell said. "Telehealth at this level is needed to maximize resources and efficiency to meet rural hospitals' goal of equitable, affordable and high-quality care for all patients."