Telehealth Patient Success Stories
OCHIN’s California Telehealth Resource Center supports the work of the clinics featured in the following videos, and other health care organizations across California, in working to expand and improve care delivery in rural and underserved communities.
For more information about the California Telehealth Resource Center, and to access the free telehealth program development resources available to you, please visit www.caltrc.org.
After losing two children in a brutal attack, Debbie suffered from PTSD and depression. With few mental health professionals in her rural town of Anza, California, she struggled to get the help she needed. Then a local community health center, Borrego Health, implemented telehealth.
Dental decay has been described as a "silent epidemic" among California's low-income children. See how El Dorado Community Health Center and its partners are using telehealth to help more kids get the dental care they need. Learn more at: https://www.chcf.org/project/sustainable-models-telehealth-safety-net/
Melissa's rheumatoid arthritis had gotten so bad she couldn't walk. Then her community health center, Chapa-De Indian Health, implemented telehealth. Now Melissa gets the care she needs and is back on her feet. In many rural areas like Grass Valley, CA, there are shortages of medical specialists serving Medi-Cal patients.
Telehealth enabled Jill, suffering from a prolonged depression after the death of her husband, to get the care she needed to recover. See how community health centers, like Chapa-De Indian Health, are using telehealth to expand access to care in California's rural areas, where there are critical shortages of mental health professionals.