Updated 4/14/20

Southern Tennessee Medical Group announced today (Tuesday) that it has added telemedicine to its practices and clinics offerings in Pulaski.

The practices are at First Choice Health, Southern Tennessee Orthopedic & Spine, Southern Tennessee Surgical Services, Southern Tennessee Family Health & Obstetrics Pulaski, Kids First Pediatrics, Southern Tennessee Obstetrics and Gynecology, Southern Tennessee Urology, Southern Tennessee Family Health & Obstetrics Cornersville, Southern Tennessee Family Health & Obstetrics Ardmore, and Southern Tennessee Internal Medicine in Lynnville.  

For patients who meet certain clinical criteria, the Southern Tennessee Medical Group practices are offering two types of telehealth visits by telephonic and televideo.

Patients can request a telehealth visit by calling their provider’s office, just as they would for an in-person visit.

The provider will determine if a telehealth visit is appropriate based on the patient’s health condition. If the virtual visit is deemed clinically appropriate, the patient will be given an appointment time and instructions for the best way to connect given the available platforms. Then, instead of coming to the office, he or she would call back at the scheduled time and be “checked in” by a nurse or office manager, and then transferred to the provider for the call or two-way video.

A few restrictions on telephonic visits may apply, including that they cannot be utilized to treat patients for a condition that the patient has been seen for in the previous seven days, and they cannot be used to treat a condition that the patient is already coming in for within the next 24 hours.

Patients who are concerned they may be experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 are encouraged to consider telemedicine appointments to help further reduce the spread of respiratory illness.
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