HPT Telemedicine Highlights

HousePhysiciansTexas (HPT), successfully deployed the InTouch Health RP-Lites tele-medicine remote presence platform for supporting two Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) facilities in Houston, Texas.

“Our short term goal is to focus on proficiency and training. However, our long term goal is to improve team communications during the execution of time-critical code blue protocols when the physician is not on-site. Our two-way, video tele-presence system will allow the team to securely communicate with each other– and (virtually) face-to-face,” according to Dr. Martin Perez, Medical Director for HPT.

After operating since 2014, the system was a success. “We were not only able to train our code blue team, we were able to successfully provide no gaps in physician coverage 24 by 7. This is virtually unheard of with traditional house physician services,” added Dr. Perez.