The city of Garland has enrolled residents in a new telehealth program billed as a way to increase and simplify health care access.
The Garland City Council voted 7 to 2 last week to approve an agreement to bring Tap Telehealth to the community. Part of Dallas-based MD Health Pathways, the program connects users with a doctor or provider by phone for a health consultation, with no copays or deductibles. It offers basic health care services through a monthly fee added to a household’s utility bill, with the ability to opt out at any time.
“We all know Garland no longer has a hospital,” said MD Health Pathways CEO Dirk Perritt. “You have long transport times of your EMS because of a lack of access to health care. And you have residents that are utilizing 911 because they don’t have transportation. We can reduce those.”…