For North Carolina’s nearly 3 million rural residents, access to care is shaped by provider shortages, long travel distances, broadband variability, and the realities of delivering care across mountain, Piedmont, and eastern rural communities. North Carolina’s RHTP plan also identifies the state as having one of the largest rural populations in the country.

Telehealth can help local clinics, hospitals, schools, FQHCs, and health systems expand the reach and impact of the care they already provide across North Carolina’s rural communities without adding unnecessary work to already-stretched teams.