Leaders from Mississippi’s Telehealth One, Fred’s Inc. and Merit Health joined Governor Phil Bryant recently in announcing an expansion of telemedicine centers across Mississippi at 9 Fred’s Pharmacy locations across Mississippi in addition to the center that was established in Flora in the fall at a Fred’s store.
The purpose is to increase accessibility to health care professionals reached through the telemedicine centers. Governor Bryant noted the announcement continues the expansion and reach of telemedicine in Mississippi, and noted that the Magnolia state is one of seven states listed with an A rating for telemedicine. Joining Governor Bryant in the announcement were: David Powe, Chairman of Telehealth One, Rick Chambers, Executive Vice President, Pharmacy of Fred’s and Steve Dobbs, CEO of Merit Health. The need for expansion of telemedicine to particularly reach rural parts of Mississippi was one of the areas of need identified by the Blueprint Mississippi Health Care as an Economic Driver report prepared by MEC.
Telehealth One is located inside of MCEDA’s Bio-Medical Business Collaboratory in Canton.
