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Beaumont staff review RightSite telehealth model aimed at reducing nonemergent 9-1-1 transports
Summary
Right Site Health presented a telemedicine-plus-social-care model that pairs EMS with on-call physicians and social navigators to treat many nonemergent 9-1-1 calls in place; council and staff asked about partnerships, payment and uninsured coverage.
Right Site Health representatives presented a telehealth model to Beaumont council and staff that pairs EMS crews with on-screen emergency physicians and a social-care navigator to treat many nonemergent 9-1-1 calls at the scene and arrange transport and social services when needed.
Clayton Wahlberg, chief commercial officer for Right Site Health, described the company's model with EMS partners: crews triage patients at the scene, offer an immediate video consult with an emergency physician and navigator, and then the team connects patients to urgent care, primary care, transportation, pharmacy pickup or in-home care. Wahlberg said the company's data…
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