Iowa
Success Stories
MercyOne Urgent Care Facility Relies on Teamwork to Serve Through Pandemic When the staff at MercyOne Urgent Care in Iowa started exploring online registration and scheduling, no one had heard of COVID-19. Their early efforts… Read More
North Dakota
Success Stories
North Dakota Healthcare System Continues to Expand Its Telehealth Services Telehealth isn’t new to the staff at Altru Health Systems, a nonprofit health system with headquarters in Grand Forks, ND. “We started doing telemedicine in… Read More
Iowa
Success Stories
Crescent Community Health Center Reaches Reluctant, Immobile and Transportation-Challenged Patients With Telehealth Services Like many other health care facilities, Crescent Community Health Center in Dubuque, IA, was offering no telehealth services prior to the COVID-19… Read More
South Dakota
Success Stories
Telehealth Technology Streamlines Communications for Mentally Ill Patient Case Healthcare is complex, and in a state like South Dakota where cities and services are separated by hundreds of miles of open space, it can make… Read More
South Dakota
Success Stories
Seriously Mental Ill Patients Increase Independence During Pandemic One common thread in the global COVID-19 pandemic is that it certainly keeps us on our toes. The unpredictability of the virus itself, its spread, and its… Read More
South Dakota
Success Stories
Southern Plains Behavioral Health Services Relies on Telehealth to Care for Diverse Rural Populations When you hear the term “American frontier,” you probably think of the stories from your history books—a time long ago when… Read More
Iowa
Success Stories
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital works with nursing facilities to provide safer care Regular visits from healthcare professionals as well as occasional trips to Montgomery County Memorial Hospital (MCMH) in Iowa for appointments, tests, and imaging… Read More
Minnesota
Success Stories
Relaxed COVID regulations gives rural, elderly population easier access to home health and hospice services “At the beginning of the pandemic, everyone felt the lack of access to healthcare providers,” said Mary Ellen Rigby, director… Read More
Iowa
Success Stories
MercyOne Des Moines Finds Telehealth Improves Communication, Efficiency and Outcomes When patients suffering from the complications of COVID-19 started streaming into our nation’s hospitals in the spring 2020, health care facilities faced a unique set… Read More
Success Stories
Illinois Telehealth Network Uses Technology to Triage, Deliver Behavioral Health More EfficientlyApril 2021 The Illinois Telehealth Network (ITN), led by HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital (Shelbyville, IL), is a 28-member organization consisting of critical access, rural… Read More
