Project Category: Health Equity
Find projects on telehealth and more.
Disseminating Telestroke Best Practices (partnership with CDC/NORC)
The MUSC Telestroke program was selected to participate in the CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Telehealth Assessment. The purpose of the assessment…
Heat mapping telehealth
Showing geographic representations of telehealth utilization (“heat maps”) alongside population and social determinants of health mapping can help inform telehealth programs and payment policy. The…
Improving Clinical Outcomes by Addressing Digital Inequities
In this project we will partner with Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center (PBTRC) and Wai’anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC). This project is motivated by…
Listening to Women and Pregnant and Postpartum People (LTWP)
MUSC has developed a novel telehealth program called Listening to Women and Pregnant and Postpartum People (LTWP) that has preliminarily demonstrated improved rates of detection…
Piloting Telehealth Strategies among People Experiencing Homelessness (PEH)
CARES @ The Navigation Center (TNC) is a telehealth-based free clinic that provides primary care at a drop-in resource center for PEH in Charleston. Additionally,…
Remote patient monitoring for chronic medical conditions: Diabetes and hypertension
The purpose of this project was to develop and evaluate a practical, scalable, and sustainable system of chronic disease management via remote patient monitoring (RPM)….
Telehealth Responses to COVID-19
As with many other health systems, telehealth has been an essential component of MUSC’s COVID-19 preparedness and response efforts. MUSC deployed four key telehealth initiatives…
Telehealth to Improve Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Emergency Departments
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is one of America’s most deadly and wide-spread diseases. Remarkably effective interventions are available to prevent OUD deaths, with medication for…