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Telehealth helps one hospital reduce ER overflow hours from 1,700 to 148

#NEWS.  Gastonia, North Carolina-based, 435-bed CaroMont Regional Medical Center is the anchor facility of a five-county, two-state, not-for-profit health system and value-based care provider, CaroMont Health. The medical center features a Level III trauma center.  Since launching telepsychiatry, CaroMont Regional Medical Center’s emergency department has reduced length of stay for psychiatric patients by approximately 70%.   Read more at: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/telehealth-helps-one-hospital-reduce-er-overflow-hours-1700-148?