CalPERS Announces Telemedicine Project

Beginning Jan. 1, 2006, nearly 90,000 CalPERS members who live in rural areas will have access to a telemedicine program. The program will facilitate consultations between patients and their primary physicians with specialists in cardiology, dermatology, pediatric neurology and psychiatry at UC Davis, Cedars Sinai Medical Center and other locations. CalPERS will be the first employer in the state to provide full telemedicine coverage. The program is intended to expand rural CalPERS members' access to medical specialists without requiring them to travel long distances.