About
The South Carolina Telehealth Alliance (SCTA) is a collaborative network of diverse organizations united by a shared mission: to improve the health of all South Carolinians through telehealth.
As the leading statewide telehealth resource, the SCTA provides expert guidance in telehealth implementation, education, technology solutions, billing and reimbursement, digital navigation, and more. Established in 2014 through generous support from the SC state legislature, the SCTA is headquartered and administered out of the Center for Telehealth at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).
Mission:
Improve the health of all South Carolinians through telehealth.
Vision:
Use of virtual care services in South Carolina will demonstrably contribute to the improvement of the health status of the state’s population, with strong emphasis on rural and underserved communities.
SCTA Administrative Staff
Sonya Ebeling, MPA
Director, SC Telehealth Alliance
Ragan Bishop, MHA
Manager, SC Telehealth Alliance
Jennifer Pysz, MHSA
Manager, Telehealth Education
Victoria Hamilton, MPH
Manager, Digital Navigation Program
Kelsy Arellano
Administrative Assistant, SC Telehealth Alliance
Advisory Council
- CO-CHAIR: James McElligott, M.D., MSCR, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
- CO-CHAIR: Kathy Schwarting, MHA, Palmetto Care Connections (PCC)
- Meera Narasimhan, M.D., University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia (USCSOM)
- Representative Murrell Smith, South Carolina General Assembly
- Samuel Head, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS)
- Emam Sharawy, M.D., South Carolina Office of Mental Health (SC OMH)
- Amy Clodfelter, DHI, RN, McLeod Health
- Don Godish, South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV)
- Senator Thomas Alexander, South Carolina General Assembly
*Advisory Council meeting minutes are available upon request, for more information Contact Us.
Annual Report
SC Telehealth Awareness Week
Each year SCTA sponsors a week of networking, information sharing, professional development, and patient awareness events, in coordination with National Telehealth Awareness Week
