TELEMETTELEMEDICINE – PATIENT CARE, ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE TELADOC

73% of Americans have trouble receiving timely medical care without having to visit the emergency room.

Maybe you’ve been there, it’s late at night and your little one awakens in tears feeling flushed and complaining of a headache. What are your choices? Well, you could bundle them up and go to an ER (pretty expensive choice), or wait until the morning to call the doctor to see if they have time to fit your child into their schedule, OR you could simply make a phone call to speak to or video chat with a board-certified medical provider. This provider can prescribe medication, or if necessary, advise you of what action you should take. This valuable consultation achieves great comfort, yet costs nothing if you or your employee have the benefit of Telemedicine.   

How Telemedicine works are simple. Telemedicine is the use of technology that enables remote healthcare. Basically, it makes it possible for physicians to treat patients whenever needed, wherever the patient is, by using a computer or smartphone.

Telemedicine offers employees 24/7 access to online medical consultations with a national network of US-licensed medical providers for common, minor conditions. This easy access anytime, anywhere, offers a safe, effective and money-saving alternative for care when an individual’s regular physicians are not available.

Did you know?

Integrating Telemedicine with your current employee benefits offerings can increase access to medical care without the cost of regular medical visits for your employees, and without sacrificing quality. You or your employees have the ability to:

• Consult with board-certified medical providers 24/7 via phone, email, or video consultation
• Receive care for common medical conditions such as colds, cuts, insect stings, allergies, headaches, fever and more
• Get a prescription or medication refill
• Replace waiting rooms, closed offices, or waiting weeks for an appointment for the comfort of their own home
• Access a Personal Health Advocate for ongoing help and support
• Be secure in the fact that the consultation is 100% confidential
• Receive answers and treatment within 30-60 minutes

How many times have you heard it said that the internet has transformed modern life?

Indeed, it’s probably changed how you stay in touch with family and friends, purchase goods and services, and even search for information about health problems.

Consider, for example, the ways Telemedicine could help you and your employees.

• U.S. board-certified doctors offer diagnoses, treatment options, and prescription, if medically necessary.
• Access to high-level care when you need it
• Comfort by the fact you are not sitting next to someone in the waiting room who is actually sicker than you
• Consultation to relieve concerns regarding medical issues
• The ability to use this benefit instead of going to an urgent care clinic or ER, resulting in cutting unnecessary out-of-pocket costs and time wasted in crowded waiting rooms.
• The average hospital stay in the U.S. costs $97,000. An average family of four would be able to save $3,600 in a year, with one emergency room visit per six months.
• Telemedicine is often used to treat patients with chronic diseases like high blood pressure, urgent care visits for coughs and colds, and to connect primary care physicians with medical specialists.

Telemedicine had its first start over 40 years ago by hospitals to service rural and remote areas with limited healthcare access. Even astronauts routinely have their health monitored remotely. It’s not a separate medical specialty, but a way of delivering healthcare across the spectrum. However, not every office visit is amenable to telehealth. But for minor ailments or routine follow-ups, Telemedicine is a reasonable, and often a preferable option. In fact, the Veterans Health Administration (VA) has delivered over 300,000 remote consultations using Telemedicine.

Efficiencies of time.

Creating efficiencies in the use of time is essential in not only healthcare, but in the workforce as well by reducing the cost of healthcare out-of-pocket expenses, and travel time and increasing efficiency through the availability of medical assistance during off-hours. One study conducted in New York showed that Telemedicine demonstrated a cost-effective way to replace more than a quarter of all visits to the ER.

Improved Quality.

Research has demonstrated that health care delivered via Telemedicine has equal benefits to those visits conducted within a provider’s office. In fact, some specialties exceed the quality of an in-office visit, like mental health and ICU care. An important initiative within healthcare is increased patient engagement and having patients learn to take ownership of their acute, chronic and preventive healthcare. Telemedicine allows additional follow-up visits to be scheduled to encourage long-term engagement.

Employees benefit from Telemedicine.

Studies over the last 15 years have shown high rates of patient satisfaction. Using a smartphone, teleconferencing, and going wireless are everyday occurrences for the public today. Employees seeking medical care want to save driving time when possible, avoid sitting in a clinic of other sick patients, prevent work loss, and get themselves — and their families – healthy.

When you enroll in healthcare coverage via Candor-USA, any coverage option you choose is bundled with Prosper Benefits, at no additional cost. This amazing suite of benefits helps you and your team keep healthcare coverage cost at a minimum while providing access to more healthcare benefits. Confidential Counseling, as well as Telemedicine, Health Advocate and Medical Bill Saver comprise this offering. Individually, each of these benefits offers the ability to save on your healthcare plans and goals, and together this package assists in reducing healthcare coverage plan claims and, when used, promises to reduce rate for the next year’s plan.

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