Dr. Corey Scurlock, Founder and CEO, Equum Medical

Ep. 36: Corey Scurlock, MD, MBA, is the founder and CEO of Equum Medical. Dr. Scurlock is an Intensive Care Specialist with a deep background in acute care telemedicine, starting his first program in 2011. As the CEO and founder of Equum, Dr. Scurlock has grown it from its original singular hospital and service capabilities to over 100 hospitals with a footprint of purpose-built, digitally enabled clinical services across the hospital acute (inpatient) care continuum and post-acute facilities. Equum Medical today is nationally recognized as a leader in the telehealth services and clinical workforce marketplace with demonstrated results across Multi-Specialty, Tele-Critical Care, Virtual Nursing, Virtual Sitter and Telemetry implementations. As a thought leader in digital health, Dr. Scurlock is a frequent contributor in the Forbes Business Council author series and his insights and vision have been shared through global events such as HIMSS, American Telemedicine Association, National Rural Health Association and more.

Prior to founding Equum Medical, he served as Medical Director of eHealth at New York Medical College where he introduced multiple acute care telehealth programs with the eICU/Philips program achieving highest ranking in quality in the nation for three years in a row. Scurlock’s program growth extended to new care areas, including tele-sitter, where he was responsible for the implementation and operation of a system generating over 250,000 hours of monitoring. His pioneering work in virtual care helped scale Hicuity Health (Advanced ICU Care) tele-ICU service with multiple monitoring centers and physicians directly reporting to him. Before becoming involved in telemedicine, Dr. Scurlock was active in academic medicine serving as the Director of the CVICU at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Manhattan.

Listen now, and learn how Dr. Scurlock is an innovative leader in health care.

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