Challenge
Piedmont Healthcare is a Joint Commission accredited, not-for-profit health system serving 3.7 million Georgians at its 23 hospitals, 72 urgent care clinics, and over 1,800 Piedmont Clinic physician practices across the state.
Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown, a 583-bed tertiary care hospital, and its affiliate, 100-bed Piedmont Regional Northside, needed more infectious (ID) support for their hospitals than they could get locally. Just two local infectious disease specialists supported the entire Columbus area, covering three acute care hospitals and a busy outpatient clinic.
Solution
Beginning in April 2021, Piedmont Healthcare’s Columbus hospitals partnered with AmplifyMD for Tele Infectious Disease (Tele-ID) coverage to support the hospital’s ED, ICU, IMCU, and med-surg units. Tele-ID consults and rounding seven days a week enabled faster assessments, diagnoses, and treatment for patients needing specialist care.
Today, AmplifyMD covers 30% of Piedmont’s hospitals virtually, delivering top-quality infectious disease services when and where
they are needed.
Better Access. Better Outcomes.
With AmplifyMD’s award-winning virtual care platform and our exceptional team of specialists at the ready, hospitals now have the power to deploy, manage, and scale high-quality virtual care across every care setting to improve clinical and financial outcomes – from hospital to clinic to home.
