Telemedicine platform delivers long-distance care to transgender patients

Telemedicine has been able to help treat several types of patients, but it now is helping transgender patients throughout the country, according to a new report in the San Francisco Chronicle.

A telemedicine service designed specifically for transgender patients, TransLine, provides clinician-to-clinician support. It offers basic email consultation and is operated through volunteer clinicians.

“This is a much-needed service,” said Lyon-Martin’s trans health manager, JM Jaffe, who manages TransLine. “There really is nothing else like it in the country, or even the world as far as we know.”

To read more about TransLine and the physicians involved, follow the link below.

Katherine Davis,

Senior Writer

As a Senior Writer for TriMed Media Group, Katherine primarily focuses on producing news stories, Q&As and features for Cardiovascular Business. She reports on several facets of the cardiology industry, including emerging technology, new clinical trials and findings, and quality initiatives among providers. She is based out of TriMed's Chicago office and holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Columbia College Chicago. Her work has appeared in Modern Healthcare, Crain's Chicago Business and The Detroit News. She joined TriMed in 2016.

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