Telemedicine

Patient preferences and needs have changed, and physician practices will need to level up their virtual care offerings to accommodate them.

In an environment of ongoing change and uncertainty, virtual care is a powerful, permanent option for patients and physicians alike.

Physicians Practice® spoke with Dr. Reena Pande, chief medical officer of AbleTo, about the current standards and challenges physicals are facing with care and access solutions.

Physicians Practice® spoke with Michael Morgan, at the time the CEO of Updox and a contributor to Physicians Practice, to discuss the new technologies that you should consider implementing in your practice and why implementing a virtual care strategy will be so important post COVID.

Providers can reap the rewards of a digital transformation that boosts efficiency and profitability, but they must first invest in the right technology.

One of the biggest risks is the act of practicing medicine virtually and the challenges of virtual examinations, reviewing diagnostics, communicating with the patient, loss of contextual clues, etc.

The difference lies in more than just the name.

Effective coaching delivered virtually must be conversational and personalized to the individual.

Why the conflation of “telehealth” and “virtual care” is misguided.

One physician's experience with reimbursement for the telemedicine services her health system uses.

One physician recounts her experiences transitioning telehealth services.

It’s critical that independent practices make sure that they are laying the groundwork to make telehealth a robust part of their care delivery and their bottom line.

From ACP’s 2021 Internal Medicine Meeting.

Solutions that have become more than just “nice-to-have” since the beginning of the 2020 pandemic.

How billing for telehealth services have changed throughout the pandemic.

The benefits and challenges involved with integrating a telehealth system with an EHR.

How physicians can remain updated with standards of care.

Will point solutions continue to emerge, or will there be a widespread consolidation of programs and services?

How providers should take issues into consideration when exploring point solutions for their patients.

The phenomenon of ‘point solution fatigue’ affecting physicians, providers, and payers.

The shortcomings of current standards of care and why finding solutions might be so challenging and complex.

Physicians Practice® spoke with Dr. Jonathan Wisen, Founder and Chief Medical Officer of MediOrbis, about specialty telemedicine for the treatment of chronic conditions and how these technologies can improve a practice's offerings and patient outcomes.

What we mean by ‘standards of care’ are, as well as how they are developed.

COVID-19 supercharged what had been a typically slow but steady adoption of telehealth.

It is essential to maintain a level of regular communication and engagement with patients.