Telehealth services in the US may have turned a pivotal corner after they were successfully used in the relief operations of back-to-back hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Companies including Teladoc, MDLive and Nemours deployed action plans to offer crucial triage in the wakes of the storms. Telehealth firms were able to provide other services such as mental health support and access to clinicians outside affected states. Learning to prepare Medical literature has long viewed telemedicine as an an opportunity to expand and support care during disasters — in fact, disaster medicine experts have been singing the praises of telecommunications as far back as 1995. The use of telehealthcare has been growing rapidly over recent years.
Telehealth services in the US may have turned a pivotal corner after they were successfully used in the relief operations of back-to-back hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Companies including Teladoc, MDLive and Nemours deployed action plans to offer crucial triage in the wakes of the storms. Telehealth firms were able to provide other services such as mental health support and access to clinicians outside affected states. The use of telehealthcare has been growing rapidly over recent years.