SIU School of Medicine was founded with a mission to advance patient care for central and southern Illinois. It has created an environment of advocacy and access, helping communities to solve their local health problems.
SIU Telehealth Services use the latest technology to deliver medical, educational and research information to patients and practitioners in a convenient, cost-effective way.
Telehealth encompasses patient consultations through video conferencing, transmission of still images, remote monitoring of vital signs, continuing medical education, consumer-focused wireless applications, nursing call centers and other applications.

Telehealth Services
Telehealth Services provides access to quality care through secure, traditional site-based telehealth and virtual strategies that bring specialists and primary care providers right to your home, hospital or clinic.
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TELEHEALTH 2.0
When telehealth — sometimes called telemedicine — was introduced to SIU School of Medicine providers and patients in 1995, it was viewed as the next leap forward in the medical school’s mission to provide health care.

A Virtual Success Story: Telepsychiatry
SIU Psychiatry was an early adopter of telehealth, with Jeffrey Bennett, MD, establishing a clinical training program for residents within critical access hospitals in 2008.

ECHO Digital Training Resonates with Community Health Care Teams
Over a summer lunch hour, a group of health care providers and caseworkers from across Illinois have gathered to both talk and listen.