Expert Support with the Touch of a Button

e-Emergency was developed by Avera to improve patient safety and support the rural health care workforce. This innovative service, links two-way video equipment in local emergency rooms to emergency-trained physicians at a central hub in Sioux Falls, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This provides patients immediate access to physician-rendered emergency care in their local community.

Some of the ways eEmergency supports patient care in the local community include:

  • Providing physician-rendered emergency care 24 hours a day, regardless of location
  • Streamlining access to specialists for better outcomes for patients with trauma, heart attacks and other emergency care issues
  • Supporting activation of emergency transport teams as early as possible, saving seconds
  • Providing support when the local facility experiences multiple emergency cases at once
  • Reducing unnecessary transfersAssuring patients’ families access to a specialty consultation at home
E-emergency appointment screen