is an acute care telehealth company, enabling access to specialty care across a variety of clinical settings.
We understand the urgent need for acute care telehealth and the difficult challenges hospitals face filling gaps in coverage, improving the lifestyle of their on-site clinicians, extending patient care in specialty areas, and program leadership.
We take a customized approach
By meeting the unique needs of each client with flexible pricing and coverage options, adapting to your technology platform and ensuring quality of care is delivered through proven data driven change management methodologies.
"ICU staffing continues to be an issue faced by hospitals and health care systems. Equum Medical's flexible staffing models can provide the solutions to help with this challenge."
Our intensivists are more than highly qualified critical care physicians. They are experienced in delivering acute care telehealth services, and they excel at building relationships and becoming an integral, trusted part of the patient care team quickly.
Fast implementation
On average, our physicians are up and running within weeks, not months.
We can securely integrate with any existing software platform, AV solution, and/or EMR, and ensure physicians have what they need from the bedside to remotely deliver optimal patient care.
If you’re not sure what software or hardware is right for you, our tech savvy team has experience working with a variety of platforms, and we are happy to advise in your selection process.
High-Touch Telehealth
Our hands-on approach to telehealth makes us different.
Experienced in leading change and partnering on clinical process design, our physicians and nurses are paired with hospitals to ensure 24/7 consistency and continuity in patient care, and our management team is just a phone call away.
Site visits, monthly reviews and the relationships that our physicians establish with the bedside teams, gives Equum Medical solutions a human touch.
Flexible, cost effective solutions
Your needs are unique and so are our solutions. Why pay for what you don’t need?
Whether you are looking to add critical care physician coverage, supplement an existing tele-ICU solution, optimize your transfer center, extend patient care to specialty areas or find a tele-critical care Medical Director—we can help.
Adapting to any technology platform, we will enable you to extend your acute care resources with flexible, customized and affordable solutions to meet the unique needs of your hospital or health system.
For over 10 years, Equum Medical has been staffing board certified Critical Care Physicians with an average of six years of experience in remote monitoring. We’ve enabled numerous hospitals and health systems to care for a larger number of patients, improve patient care, and deliver a positive clinical, operational, & financial impact.
$632
Increase in Contribution Margin/ICU Case
50%
Increase in Retained ICU Cases
35%
*Better than predicted Risk Adjusted Vent Days
50%
*Better than predicted Risk Adjusted ICU LOS
23%
*Better than predicted Risk Adjusted ICU Mortality
46%
Reduction in ED Case Leakage
Testimonials We Are Proud Of
When it comes to staffing telemedicine programs, it’s all about how well you pull it off, and Equum Medical is excellent at delivering tele-ICU services as a partner at our hospital... the epitome of the three A’s: Available, Amiable, and highly Able, they have earned the respect of our staff and they’ve become a valued member of our team.
JEANNE ROWE, MD.
CMO—SHORE MEDICAL CENTER
Equum Medical is a true partner. We have been extremely happy with the quarterly site-visits and personal attention. Dr. Scurlock is always just a phone call away and his tele-ICU solution has had a positive impact on the quality of life and the knowledge base of our on-site team.
Michelle Logan-Owens DHA, RN
Former CEO Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital
We've been using Equum Medical for just a few months and so far, our on-site clinicians are very satisfied with the service that they are providing. Our hospitalists appreciate having 24/7 intensivist coverage and our nurses are more confident.
Gene Dickerson, MD.
Physician Executive Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital
The Equum Medical team has a breadth, depth and scope of experience that enabled us to quickly cover our ICU staffing needs and fill the Medical Director position. They have been able to engage our staff and work with us to overcome adoption challenges. We’ve been extremely happy with their approach to collaborative patient care.
Sarah Pletcher, MD.
Vice President and Executive Medical Director of Virtual Care, Houston Methodist
The Equum Medical tele-ICU physicians see every admission to CCU within 30 minutes of arrival. This allows us to begin treatment immediately so our patients receive high quality care sooner and discharge from the CCU quicker, driving down the cost of our care to our patients
Jamie P. Falcon, RN, CCRN
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center
My nursing staff appreciates the services provided and how their patients are being cared for. On multiple occasions the staff have complimented the Equum Medical physicians for being extremely nice, knowledgeable and willing to teach.
Jamie P. Falcon, RN, CCRN
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center
Our small, rural hospitals didn’t have Intensivist coverage and we had empty ICU’s. Equum Medical was up and running within weeks, improving patient care during a critical time and generating incremental revenue.
Harsha Gopinath
Director of Telehealth Services, Prime Healthcare
The Equum Medical physicians are easy to work with, and in addition to being excellent Intensivists, they understand the challenges of remote care and change management and they are very tech-savvy.
Harsha Gopinath
Director of Telehealth Services, Prime Healthcare
EQUUM Medical
EQUUM Medical is an acute care telehealth company, enabling access to specialty care across a variety of clinical settings.
