Clinical systems · Acute care telehealth staffing
Equum Medical
Equum Medical is a physician-led telehealth company that staffs hospitals with remote ICU doctors, virtual nurses, virtual sitters and specialists around the clock.
Strong fit
- Rural and community hospitals that cannot staff ICU doctors around the clock
- Hospitals that want virtual nurses for admissions and discharges
- Health systems that want remote specialists so patients stay local
Weak fit
- Hospitals that only want a virtual care software platform
- Buyers who want published outcome data before a contract
- Buyers who need a posted price
Bottom line
Equum Medical is a reasonable choice for hospitals that need remote ICU doctors, virtual nurses or specialists to fill staffing gaps, especially rural and community hospitals. It suits hospitals that want Equum to supply the clinicians. Buyers should press for outcome data and a full price before signing.
Score breakdown
Weights: Outcomes 35% · Product 30% · Implementation 20% · Pricing clarity 15%.
Corey Scurlock, a critical care doctor, founded Equum Medical in 2010 and is its chief executive. He started its first tele-ICU program in 2011, and the company is based in New York City.
Equum supplies remote clinicians to hospitals over video. Its services include tele-critical care, virtual nursing, virtual sitters who watch at-risk patients, virtual telemetry, teleneurology and telestroke, EEG monitoring and a tele-hospitalist service. It also offers on-demand specialists in more than 14 areas, from cardiology to infectious disease, so smaller hospitals can treat complex patients locally.
Its virtual nurses handle admissions, discharge teaching, medication education and mentoring for new nurses, which frees bedside nurses for hands-on care. Hackensack Meridian Health expanded its virtual nursing program with Equum in Edison, New Jersey.
Equum says it has more than 400 programs live across the US and monitors more than 2 million patient hours a year. It works with the National Rural Health Association and the National Cooperative of Health Networks to reach rural and critical access hospitals.
Equum says it works with a hospital's existing video technology and EHR. It does not publish outcome studies for its programs on its website, so buyers should ask for results from hospitals like theirs.
TeleSpecialists and Sevaro fit hospitals that mainly need teleneurology and stroke coverage. Caregility fits hospitals that want to buy a virtual care platform and staff it with their own nurses.
Competitor landscape
| Vendor | Overall | Ease of implementation |
|---|---|---|
| Sevaro | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| TeleSpecialists | 6.9 | 6.8 |
| Caregility | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| Equum Medical | 6.6 | 7.4 |
Pricing
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Model | Equum Medical prices each telehealth service by contract. |
| What usually drives cost | For Equum Medical, cost depends on the service lines you need, how many beds or patients it covers, and whether coverage runs around the clock. |
| What to ask before you buy | Ask Equum Medical how many patients each remote nurse or doctor covers, who credentials its clinicians at your hospital, and what results similar hospitals have seen. |
| Published pricing | Equum Medical does not publish a price list. |
Methodology
| Weight | Factor | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Customer outcomes | Whether buyers get measurable operational or clinical-workflow results after go-live |
| 30% | Product | Capability depth, reliability, and fit for the job the category buys |
| 20% | Implementation | How hard it is to stand up, integrate, train, and stabilize |
| 15% | Pricing clarity | Whether a buyer can model total cost without a mystery quote |
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Highly recommend | Strong outcomes and product with manageable caveats |
| Recommend | Solid fit for the right buyer; know the tradeoffs |
| Conditional | Only with a specific use case or heavy caveats |
| Not recommended | Avoid for most buyers in this category |
Read our full methodology for how we weight scores and assign recommend labels.