Amarillo area business news and developments for Feb. 26, 2023

Amarillo Globe-News TTUHSC names Executive Director for Telehealth Technology and Innovation Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has named John Gachago, DHA, as the executive director for Telehealth Technology and Innovation. As a pioneer in telehealth, TTUHSC has expanded and evolved the accessibility of medical care. Telehealth is a valuable vehicle to extend health care across the regions they serve and beyond. With Gachago’s leadership, TTUHSC will build on existing academic, clinical and rural telehealth platforms to establish a future Institute for Telehealth Technology and Innovation. “In our effort to support rural health providers, our goal as a university is to develop and implement emerging telehealth and digital health adaptations to improve and expand access to care,” TTUHSC President Lori Rice Spearman, Ph.D., said. “We are excited to welcome Dr. Gachago to our team in this critical hire to help increase coordinated telehealth and digital health implementation and adoption. In his role, he will build upon the existing TTUHSC telehealth components in the clinical, academic, and rural health settings as TTUHSC stays at the forefront of advancements in these technologies.” Of the 108 counties in the TTUHSC service region, 20 have no practicing physician and 11 have no […]

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