Dr. Ronald Andrews, Board Certified Primary Care Physician In Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Medical Director of Relief Telemed announces the successful launch of a proprietary in app feature aimed to increase safe in home COVID-19 testing by a licensed nurse.
Relief Telemed’s Virtual Visit Telemedicine app has the functionality to dispatch a nurse during the visit who will arrive at the patients home in full PPE and is capable of not only administering the COVID-19 testing but also obtaining necessary vital signs, including a full array of diagnostics and therapeutics as directed by the physician.
The nurse dispatch feature while not originally designed for COVID-19 has been modified by the developer to increase testing during this pandemic while allowing the patient to remain safely in quarantine pending the results.
The redesigned ReliefTelemed app is currently available in Louisiana which is an COVID-19 epicenter but with the emergency orders enacted throughout the country it is hyper-scalable.
BATON ROUGE, LA (March 12, 2019). Pediatric & Internal Medicine Associates, a primary health care provider in Baton Rouge, announced a new Diabetes medical education partnership with Woman’s Hospital of Baton Rouge.
Dr. Ronald Andrews, the
founding CEO of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine Associates stated: “I am
excited to announce a potentially life-changing collaboration with Woman’s
Hospital that will provide comprehensive Diabetic medical education tools, tips
and resources to our mutual patients and the community at-large.” This public
education initiative will be available to both new and previously diagnosed
patients, and it will include lifestyle modification, diet, exercise,
medication management, monitoring and complications. Patients also will have
access to “education on the go” services at home, at the grocery store or in
restaurants using the Relief Telemed online platform where Dr. Andrews serves
as Medical Director.
About Pediatric & Internal
Medicine Associates
Founded in 2004,
Pediatric & Internal Medicine (PIMA) is a patient-centered, internal and
family medicine provider located in Baton Rouge, LA. Dr. Ronald Andrews, MD,
who is Board Certified in Internal Medicine by The American Board of Internal
Medicine and who has over 15 years practicing Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
in multiple inpatient and outpatient clinical settings serves as PIMA’s CEO and
Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Andrews obtained his medical degree from Meharry
Medical College in Nashville, TN, and he completed his residency training in
both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics from LSU Health Sciences Center and
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, LA. Dr. Andrews also is the director of
Internal Medicine Hospitalist Service and Pediatric Emergency Assessment Center
at Woman’s Hospital.
In addition to his
medical practice, Dr. Andrews participates in Medicated Assistance Treatment
(MAT) for Opioid Substance Abuse. He also is the Medical Director for Relief
Telemed. Dr. Andrews is a member of the
American College of Physicians, the Louisiana Medical Society, the East Baton
Rouge Medical Society (NMA-Affiliate Chapter) and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity,
Incorporated. Follow him on Twitter (@DrRonAndrews) and Instagram
(@DrRonAndrews) for more information.
About Woman’s Hospital
Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is one of the first specialty hospitals for women and infants. Since opening in 1968, it has welcomed more than 300,000 babies, making it one of the largest delivery services in the country and the largest in Louisiana. Additionally, Woman’s operates the highest-level neonatal intensive care unit in the state and cares for infants who are extremely premature, are critically ill or require surgical intervention. The hospital is also recognized for its expertise in mammography as well as breast and gynecologic cancer care. As a private, nonprofit organization, all funds are reinvested into the hospital to continue Woman’s mission to improve the health of women and infants through the latest technology, a highly qualified staff and critical community programs and services.
