Houston Methodist Launches Concussion Pilot For Rural Athletes

In September 2016, the Houston Methodist Concussion Center launched a two-year pilot project to provide telemedicine concussion care to athletes in rural areas. This pilot project will make telemedicine concussion care available to student athletes at 19 rural school districts. The program allows for up to 100 telemedicine visits, 50 per school year.

If successful, this pilot project can lead to a statewide program to give all athletes in Texas telemedicine access to concussion care experts at the Houston Methodist Concussion Center. Funding for the pilot is from a collaboration with the Houston Texans pro football team and GE . . .