Infectious Disease Connect may not have a strict focus on the type of novel coronavirus that has plagued the globe recently, but it has seen a lift from the increased attention that infectious diseases have gotten.

As the medical community develops treatments to combat the coronavirus, another deadly enemy continues to lurk in hospitals across the country: antibiotic-resistant infections.

  Telehealth-Based Infectious Diseases Consulting: One Organization’s Experience As with other specialist medical care, it turns out that infectious diseases medicine lends itself well to telehealth-based consultative services contracted by...

  ID telehealth services expand, providing ‘viable alternative’ for care Telehealth services are expanding and providing an effective alternative for hospitals without access to infectious disease expertise, and they have improved patient no-show...

UPMC telemedicine company combines with Merck: 4 things to know   05.19.20 Pittsburgh-based UPMC's infectious disease telemedicine company is combining with drugmaker Merck's infectious disease technology and services management provider ILÚM...

‘Flipping the model’ for ID care: UPMC telemedicine company’s Dr. Rima Abdel-Massih   Interview with Dr. Rima Abdel-Massih, Chief Medical Officer, ID Connect the telemedicine infectious disease clinical treatment and consultation company...

Telemedicine Helps Hospitals Gain Infectious Disease Expertise   Infectious Disease Connect fills a particular need in the healthcare landscape, according to Dr. Rima Abdel-Massih, CMO, given a nationwide shortage of physicians specializing in...

UPMC’s new infectious-disease firm will provide care for smaller hospitals   It’s that short supply of infectious-disease doctors — who treat all types of infectious diseases from the flu and measles to hospital-acquired infections to ebola....

UPMC launches new telemedicine company focused on infectious disease   Diagnosis and treatment of disease and antibiotic-resistant bacteria is complex and challenging for small hospitals, who could care for patients with remote help from...

UPMC Forms Telemedicine Company to tackle infectious disease   Infectious Disease Connect fills a particular need in the healthcare landscape, according to Dr. Rima Abdel-Massih, CMO, given a nationwide shortage of physicians specializing in...

UPMC Infectious Disease Spinout Acquires Merck Assets   As part of this agreement, UPMC Enterprises, the innovation and commercialization arm of UPMC, and Merck Global Health Innovation Fund each are investing $5 million to support development...

  UPMC Telehealth Spinoff Enhances its Infectious Disease Resources   Infectious Disease Connect, which launched out of the UPMC orbit one year ago, is merging with a Merck business unit to enhance its telehealth platform to help hospitals...