TytoCare and Medical University of South Carolina Place Pro Smart Clinic Devices in 150 Schools

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has partnered with virtual care company TytoCare, to expand its efforts to provide virtual care technology to school health clinics.
 
MUSC and TytoCare are deploying Pro Smart Clinic devices in 150 schools across the Charleston region. The Pro Smart Clinic solution replaces existing telehealth carts, allowing the schools to add more virtual care stations, with more exam capabilities.
 
MUSC is one of over 70 health systems across the United States, including Cone Health in North Carolina and A Plus Family HealthCare in Kentucky, that have partnered with TytoCare to place Pro Smart Clinic devices in over 2,500 schools.
 
“By deploying TytoCare’s Pro Smart Clinic devices in 150 schools across our region, MUSC is not only transforming school nurse offices into virtual care clinics but also ensuring that children have access to prompt, reliable healthcare right where they need it,” said James T. McElligott M.D., MSCR, Executive Medical Director for the MUSC Center for Telehealth. “This initiative underscores our commitment to leveraging innovative telehealth solutions to enhance community health and education outcomes, keeping students healthy, present, and ready to learn.”
 
TytoCare’s Pro Smart Clinic allows healthcare providers to remotely perform most of the exams they would during an in-person clinic visit, like heart exams, lung exams, throat, and ear exams, and body temperature measurements. 
 
When present in schools, the Pro Smart Clinic empowers clinicians on-site to resolve more health concerns without necessitating avoidable in-office doctor visits, which can keep students out of the classroom and be time and resource-intensive for parents.
 
“The Pro Smart Clinic effectively turns school nurse offices into remote primary and urgent care clinics, making comprehensive care more convenient and avoiding costly and inefficient urgent care and emergency department visits,” said Dedi Gilad, CEO and Co-Founder of TytoCare. “Plus, the Pro Smart Clinic’s capabilities, including AI-powered wheeze detection, give school nurses greater confidence in their diagnosis and treatment plans for students who may be struggling with allergies, a cold, or even something more serious.”
 
TytoCare’s devices are present in more than 2,500 schools across 31 states via partnerships with federally qualified health centers and health systems like MUSC.