Baptist Health to Add Remote Physical Examinations to Telehealth Offerings

To expand its telehealth offerings, Baptist Health is deploying two TytoCare solutions that provide patients with access to remote physical examinations within schools, workplaces, and other clinical locations.

Baptist Health, based in Louisville, Kentucky, comprises nine hospitals and over 400 points of care. It employs more than 23,000 people, including 1,500 clinicians.

Through the new partnership with TytoCare, the organization aims to provide its patients with a telehealth solution that can help supplement in-person primary and urgent care.

The two TytoCare solutions that Baptist Health is deploying are TytoHome and TytoClinic. TytoHome includes a set of remote examination devices that can connect patients with primary and urgent care from home. TytoClinic consists of a similar set of tools that can connect patients to care from their workplace and school settings.

TytoHome and TytoClinic provide access to the company's Food and Drug Administration-cleared handheld examination kit that allows users to engage in remote physical exams that evaluate the heart, skin, ears, throat, abdomen, and lungs. The kit also includes tools that measure heart rate and body temperature.

"We're excited to work together with Baptist Health to enhance their virtual-first offerings," said Dedi Gilad, CEO and co-founder of TytoCare, in a press release. "Through our partnership, Baptist Health can reduce the number of Emergency Department visits their patients experience, as well as reach younger patients who are seeking convenient, digital, and reliable healthcare services without compromising quality of care."

The devices provided through the solutions include exam cameras, thermometers, pulse oximeters, blood pressure cuffs, and stethoscopes. Further, users gain access to an iPad with preloaded software, a mobile application, and a clinician dashboard.

"We wanted to offer high-quality yet practical patient care beyond the brick-and-mortar setting and adding TytoCare to our offering will enable that," said Jody Prather, MD, chief marketing and strategy officer at Baptist Health, in the press release. "TytoCare's solutions can be used across the household, allowing all our patients to easily take care of their primary or urgent care needs without the drive or wait time."

Similarly, in June, Carilion Clinic worked with TytoCare to add remote physical examinations to its telehealth repertoire, particularly to treat chronic conditions among those living in rural areas.

In response to the shortage of primary care physicians in rural communities, Carilion Clinic worked with TytoCare to expand telehealth options for these patients.

Carilion used one solution to treat patients with chronic conditions and another to assist students and teachers with accessing care in rural school settings.

Also, in August, Prisma Health implemented the TytoCare Medical Exam Kit to care for multiple conditions, like asthma and fever, while maintaining diagnostic accuracy. Amid the rise of telehealth use, Prisma Health deployed this kit to allow patients to participate in virtual visits and clinicians to evaluate various organ functions remotely.