Relias Healthcare and NMHS expand partnership to begin Telehealth in Community Emergency Departments
We are excited to announce our new partnership with North Mississippi Medical Center-Pontotoc! Starting today we will be providing them Emergency Medicine services via Telehealth.
“We are excited that our team members at NMMC-Pontotoc now have a direct link to an Emergency Medicine trained physician at NMMC-Tupelo 24 hours per day, 7 days per week,” said Kiley Shafer, MD, Corporate Medical Director for Telehealth for Relias Healthcare. “Patients who need advanced levels of care will now have the ability to be evaluated by a physician at NMMC-Tupelo via a Telehealth connection and receive the same standard of care across the health system in real time. It’s a win-win for our patients and our providers.”
This is the latest advancement in Telehealth by NMHS.
Relias Healthcare has served as the exclusive supplier of Emergency Medicine Provider Services at NMMC-Tupelo since January of 2015. Both organizations are proud to expand their partnership in order to continue positively impacting their communities by giving them access to the highest levels of quality care and medical advancements in North Mississippi.