CareSouth Carolina Is Proud To Celebrate Teheleath Awareness Week

CareSouth Carolina is proud to join organizations across the nation in recognizing the 5th annual Telehealth Awareness Week, September 14–20, 2025. The week serves as an opportunity to highlight the critical role telehealth plays in improving access to healthcare, advancing health equity, and ensuring patients can receive safe, affordable, and high-quality care whenever and wherever it is needed.

Since launching its telehealth program in 2021, CareSouth Carolina has equipped schools and communities throughout the Pee Dee region with virtual care technologies. This expansion has allowed students and families—particularly those in rural communities who face barriers to traditional healthcare—to connect with nurse practitioners and physicians without leaving school or home.

“Telehealth isn’t just about convenience—it’s about breaking down barriers,” said Kaitlin Hughes, Director of Mobile and Telehealth Services at CareSouth Carolina. “In our communities, access to healthcare can be a real challenge, and telehealth has become a bridge to connect patients with the care they need, when they need it. During Telehealth Awareness Week, we want to emphasize that telehealth is health and it’s here to stay.”

Telehealth Awareness Week, led by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA), brings together healthcare providers, policymakers, and patient advocates to share the benefits of telehealth and showcase innovative, patient-centered solutions that are modernizing healthcare delivery. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster issued an official proclamation for the event, as well.

Telehealth has become part of CareSouth Carolina’s mission to provide accessible care to everyone, and the organization continues to be a pioneer in the field moving forward.

CareSouth Carolina is a private, non-profit community health center delivering patient-centered health and life services in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. CareSouth Carolina operates centers in Bennettsville, Bishopville, Cheraw, Chesterfield, Dillon, Hartsville, Lake View, Latta, McColl and Society Hill.

Services provided by CareSouth Carolina include family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, women's services, OB/GYN, HIV/AIDS primary care, infectious disease primary care, IV therapy, substance abuse prevention, dental, chiropractic services, pharmacy, senior support services, family support services, clinical counseling, laboratory, ultrasound, X-Ray, agricultural worker health services, podiatry, and veterans choice provider.