Its 300,000th virtual visit, which was a telepsychiatry consultation, took place at Fresno, Calif.-based Community Regional Medical Center. SOC has provided teleneurology and telepsychiatry services to CRMC since December 2014.
“We continue to observe the tremendous strain that U.S. hospitals are under to care for patients with mental health disorders, and the need for experienced specialists to quickly intervene to help ease the overcrowding in emergency departments and the related costs,” said Til Jolly, MD, chief medical officer at SOC. “To that end, SOC is committed to having a psychiatrist on demand to rapidly appear on video for a patient consult in the ED.”
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