“With our Eagle TeleStroke program, we have been able to limit our transfers to the small percentage of ED patients who truly need a higher level of care for interventional vascular therapy. We are a small community, and making an unnecessary transport means the local EMS unit is unavailable for two hours when it could be helping others in the community in their time of need.”
– Vallerie L. Gleason, President and CEO
“Conservatively, it is anticipated that access to teleneurology services will provide in excess of a $200,000 reduction in locum support costs annually and additional revenues in excess of $55,000 a year.”
– Duane C. Miller, Vice President and CFO
“We thought we might see a different face each time, but our Eagle team is a core group of three or four intensivists we see regularly. Nursing staff feels like they have a real camaraderie with them.”
– Karen McColl, VP for Medical Affairs and CMO
“With Eagle Telemedicine, nighttime is the easiest part of the day for us to cover now. People think of telemedicine as a different modality, but it’s really just a different way of providing the exact same services we provide in person. It’s a rock-solid approach, and I’m happy we have it here.”
– Doug Romer, Executive Director, Patient Care Services
“Effective handoffs and physician documentation in the medical record provide a safe transition between days and nights. Patients are able to stay in their community to receive high quality care. And nursing staff has ready access to physicians overnight. Care is not delayed. The Eagle physicians are very responsive. I know I can count on them to provide high quality physicians.”
– Catherine Hamilton, Chief Nursing Officer
“It has been amazing. Work/life balance is wonderful now. I’m not exhausted from going from days to nights trying to take care of my patients. The telemedicine doctors are an extension of our team. We communicate in the mornings and in the evenings about handoffs and critical patients and it’s been a very positive experience. I feel very comfortable leaving my patients in their hands”
– Dr. Ingle Owens-Schnaurs, Daytime Hospitalist
“Eagle Telemedicine has made it possible for us to achieve our patient admission goal. If hospitals like ours are going to remain open and serve rural populations, especially as the physician shortage increases, there has to be a new model of care to support the professionals who staff our facilities.”
– Bryant Anderson, CEO
