COVID-19 Preparation Paves a Path for Innovation: Telemedicine Implementation With What We Had on Hand

Like other health systems, Asante was faced with responding to COVID-19 quickly. Innovation doesn’t need to be elaborate or expensive. In this session Asante will discuss how they were able to rapidly implement an inpatient telehealth solution with a small team, using resources and equipment that they had on hand, in order to continue to provide high-quality patient care while keeping hospital staff and providers safe and minimizing the use of limited PPE., Like other health systems, Asante was faced with responding to COVID-19 quickly. Innovation doesn’t need to be elaborate or expensive. In this session Asante will discuss how they were able to rapidly implement an inpatient telehealth solution with a small team, using resources and equipment that they had on hand, in order to continue to provide high-quality patient care while keeping hospital staff and providers safe and minimizing the use of limited PPE.