SETRC Goals - Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center

Goals of our Organization

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"TeleHealth bridges the gap between technology and healthcare."

-Rena Brewer, SETRC Director

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“As an organization that represents rural hospital providers, we applaud and embrace viable projects that bring new telehealth technology and improved access to care to South Carolina and we are committed to working with Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth and the Southeastern TeleHealth Resource Center to accomplish the goals of this grant.”

Kathy Schwarting, Executive Director, Low Country Health Care Network Bamberg,  SC 


  • To employ a mindset of action in the application of technology knowledge transfer and systems deployment to ensure the long term success of new and existing telehealth networks in the region through technical assistance programs.
  • To maintain strong collaborative efforts with existing telehealth networks, TRC’s and OAT to build on strengths and capacity of all organizations on a statewide, regional and national level, and to achieve compliance with federal mandates like the EHR Meaningful Use Standards set forth in the HITECH Act of 2009.
  • To promote early adoption through the duplication of best practices, proven over the last five years at Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth, thus achieving improved access to specialty care for the rural citizens in the three states served by the SETRC.
  • To provide healthcare information and education for providers and consumers in a more effective manner through the development of a virtual “School for Applied Telehealth” in collaboration with California Telemedicine and E-Health Center (CTEC).