Rural Hospital Pipeline Partner

Improving patient lives through timely access to specialty providers

Rural Focus

Access to care | Rural workforce | Financial stability | Specialty expertise

Overview

Access TeleCare delivers acute specialty telemedicine services that help rural hospitals expand access to care, strengthen clinical coverage, and keep patients in their communities.

With more than 20 years of experience, Access TeleCare supports over 1 million patient encounters annually across a wide range of specialties. Their programs are designed to help rural hospitals address workforce shortages, reduce transfers, and improve clinical and financial outcomes.

Core Services for Rural Hospitals

Access TeleCare provides scalable, tech-enabled specialty care across multiple service lines, including:

  • Behavioral Health
  • Neurology
  • Hospitalist Medicine
  • Pulmonary & Critical Care
  • Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  • Infectious Disease
  • Cardiology
  • Nephrology

Programs are structured to integrate with existing teams, providing timely access to board-certified specialists without requiring additional on-site staffing.

Challenges Addressed

  • Limited staffing and workforce shortages
  • Physician burnout
  • Gaps in specialty care access
  • Patient travel limitations
  • High outbound transfer rates
  • Pressure on case mix index and reimbursement

How It Works for Rural Hospitals

Access TeleCare builds customized telemedicine programs that align with each hospital’s needs and patient population.

Their model allows rural facilities to:

  • Expand specialty coverage quickly
  • Maintain care locally whenever possible
  • Improve clinical decision-making with real-time specialist support
  • Strengthen both operational and financial performance

Measurable Impact

  • 69% reduction in patient transfers
  • 50% increase in case mix index
  • 30% increase in ICU volume

Rural Success Story

Palo Pinto General Hospital implemented pulmonary and critical care telemedicine with Access TeleCare.

Within months, the hospital:

  • Increased case mix index by 50%
  • Increased ICU volume by 30%
  • Reduced pulmonary-related transfers from 16% to 5%

This allowed more patients to receive care locally while improving hospital performance.

What Rural Leaders Are Saying

“With the Access TeleCare partnership, we are enhancing the level of care provided at Palo Pinto General Hospital. We have 24/7, 365 days a year TelePulmonary and Critical Care coverage so we can keep more patients closer to home and improve access to care.” — Ross Korkmas, CEO, Palo Pinto General Hospital

Why Access TeleCare

Access TeleCare has partnered with rural hospitals from the beginning. Founded by physicians, the organization focuses on delivering clinically sound, scalable telemedicine programs that work in real-world rural settings.

With deployments across more than 2,350 sites nationwide, they bring both experience and a long-term commitment to helping rural hospitals sustain specialty care access.

Connect with Access TeleCare

POC: Saurin Patel, Chief of Hospitalist Medicine and Emerging Service Lines
📞 (972) 713-7495
📧 spatel3@accesstelecare.com