UVA Department of Telehealth
UVA has an extensive track record in telehealth services to meet the needs of medically underserved and rural populations throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Through its Karen S Rheuban Center for Telehealth and Office of Telemedicine, UVA has developed a 90+ site telehealth network that includes community hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Center, a Veterans Hospital, health departments, rural schools, correctional facilities, and nursing homes. The UVA Health System has committed its entire clinical Staff representing more than 35 clinical departments and service centers to provide consultative services via all its operational telemedicine initiatives. Services include live, interactive video-consultations, store and forward clinical review, remote patient monitoring, and distance learning. These services are delivered across the continuum of care and include block clinics and urgent and emergent consults. Genetic counseling, high-risk care, and lactation support are among the pregnancy and birth services provided. In addition to extensive specialty care for adults, UVA telehealth provides services for children addressing developmental disabilities, endocrine and diabetes, fitness, and neurology. The Center collaborates with faculty and students from the University's Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Engineering, Law, Business, Architecture, Commerce, Public Policy, and Education as well as the University's Healthy Appalachia Institute to generate interdisciplinary research and programmatic solutions to populations' health problems. UVA has now spared the burden of travel for Virginians amounting to well over 8 million miles.