The University of Mississippi Medical Center Center for Telehealth is a program within Mississippi’s only academic medical center that uses telemedicine and digital health technology to expand access to specialty care, especially for rural and underserved communities. It also serves as a national clearinghouse for telehealth research and resources.
Health care access, telehealth reimbursement and regulation, rural health, broadband-enabled health services, public health, health equity, medical research funding
Primarily supported by University of Mississippi Medical Center resources, patient-care operations, and federal grant funding, including support from the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
University of Mississippi Medical Center; UMMC Health; Mississippi’s state health system; federal partners including HRSA and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy; Chief Telehealth Officer Saurabh Chandra, MD, PhD, MBA
Academic medical center program
