Mount Sinai Health System in New York is stepping up its telehealth offerings, part of a concerted effort to increase convenience for patients while reducing costs, officials said.
A number of new initiatives are underway, including a primary care program that will offer remote visits with physicians in Mount Sinai‘s Doctors Faculty Practice. It will be headed by Aida Vega, MD, associate professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine.
A second project includes a partnership with a community health center in upstate New York that will reach patients in more rural settings, specifically with pediatric epilepsy specialists. This effort will be headed by Steven Wold, MD, director of pediatric epilepsy at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and pediatric neurology at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Roosevelt. Patricia McGoldrick, MD, will collaborate on the project.
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“Technology has evolved to a point where it is less of a novelty in our doctors’ offices and more of an essential part of our physicians’ toolkits – and, indeed, an everyday part of our patients’ lives. The time has come for telehealth to move to the next level by putting it into wider practice,” said Kumar Chatani, executive vice president and CIO, in a statement.
Mount Sinai, one of New York City’s biggest health systems with seven hospitals, a medical school and about 6,600 physicians, already has in place a teleStroke program.
