Primary Care Physician Shortages: What Can be Done?
A study by the Association of American Medical College (AAAMC), The Complexities of Physicia Supply and Demand: Projections from 2013 to 2015, predicted that the US could be facing up to a 90,000 physician shortage by 2025. And that was before the COVID19 pandemic. As for primary care providers, the US was looking at a shortage of about 31,100 physicians by 2025 before COVID19 hit. So why are we predicted to be without so many PCPs? […]
Telemedicine Pros and Cons
We provide technology to help healthcare providers incorporate telemedicine into their practice, so obviously, we see telemedicine as something that can benefit both practices and patients. The option of virtual visits expands access to quality care, particularly in rural or underserved areas with provider shortages. Telemedicine can reduce costs and help our limited resources serve a population that is both struggling now to weather our current coronavirus pandemic, and will continue to age gaining more and more chronic conditions. We believe it is an integral part of the evolution of our healthcare system to meet the needs of the future. [...]
Selecting Telemedicine Software: Top 5 Questions to Ask
Chances are you have already adopted a telemedicine solution. The novel coronavirus forced all of us to quickly learn new ways to communicate, deliver, and receive healthcare. If it wasn’t for telemedicine platforms (and those platforms that traditionally offered message and video services creating avenues for accessing healthcare providers), we would be in far worse shape than we are today. Telemedicine and your adoption of it has, without question, saved lives. […]
Better Health Care, From A Distance
As COVID-19 increases social distancing across the U.S., health care systems nationwide are scrambling to implement telemedicine care for non-emergency patients. For Clint Phillips, the CEO of telemedicine health care company Direct Health, it’s an approach he and his team has been perfecting for years. […]
How Using Direct Health for Telemedicine Pays for Itself
Maybe you’re being forced to find a telehealth solution during the coronavirus pandemic. Everyone is practicing social distancing and many communities are under stay-at-home orders. […]
Use Direct Health to Stop Playing Phone Tag with Your Patients
Phone tag. We all hate it. […]
Why Patients Love Virtual Visits with Direct Health
With the coronavirus pandemic forcing us to change the way we practice medicine, you still may have some concerns that your patients will resist the switch to virtual visits with Direct Health. […]
Just Whom The Telehealth Doctor Ordered
When Jennifer Crawford became the general counsel at Medici (now Direct Health) in early 2019, she knew there’d be a lot of moving pieces—both inside the company and within the wider healthcare industry. Since then, those pieces have only multiplied. […]
Patients: How to Prepare for a Virtual Visit with Direct Health
The world may no longer be focused on the Coronavirus, but virtual visits remain a fast and convenient way to access your healthcare. To make your virtual visit go more smoothly, here are some tips to get ready. Answer these questions about your symptoms When you see your doctor in person or virtually, there are several pieces of information they need to understand your condition. By gathering your thoughts and answering these questions ahead of time, you’ll help your doctor figure out how they can help you more quickly. For new problems, the questions might be slightly different than for [...]
3 Types of Patient Encounters Ideal for Telemedicine
There are many types of visits well-suited for virtual care. And with the coronavirus pandemic forcing you to change the way you work, you may need to rethink how some of your visits could be done virtually. […]
Primary Care Physician Shortages: What Can be Done?
A study by the Association of American Medical College (AAAMC), The Complexities of Physicia Supply and Demand: Projections from 2013 to 2015, predicted that the US could be facing up to a 90,000 physician shortage by 2025. And that was before the COVID19 pandemic. As for primary care providers, the US was looking at a shortage of about 31,100 physicians by 2025 before COVID19 hit. So why are we predicted to be without so many PCPs? […]
Telemedicine Pros and Cons
We provide technology to help healthcare providers incorporate telemedicine into their practice, so obviously, we see telemedicine as something that can benefit both practices and patients. The option of virtual visits expands access to quality care, particularly in rural or underserved areas with provider shortages. Telemedicine can reduce costs and help our limited resources serve a population that is both struggling now to weather our current coronavirus pandemic, and will continue to age gaining more and more chronic conditions. We believe it is an integral part of the evolution of our healthcare system to meet the needs of the future. [...]
Selecting Telemedicine Software: Top 5 Questions to Ask
Chances are you have already adopted a telemedicine solution. The novel coronavirus forced all of us to quickly learn new ways to communicate, deliver, and receive healthcare. If it wasn’t for telemedicine platforms (and those platforms that traditionally offered message and video services creating avenues for accessing healthcare providers), we would be in far worse shape than we are today. Telemedicine and your adoption of it has, without question, saved lives. […]
Better Health Care, From A Distance
As COVID-19 increases social distancing across the U.S., health care systems nationwide are scrambling to implement telemedicine care for non-emergency patients. For Clint Phillips, the CEO of telemedicine health care company Direct Health, it’s an approach he and his team has been perfecting for years. […]
How Using Direct Health for Telemedicine Pays for Itself
Maybe you’re being forced to find a telehealth solution during the coronavirus pandemic. Everyone is practicing social distancing and many communities are under stay-at-home orders. […]
Use Direct Health to Stop Playing Phone Tag with Your Patients
Phone tag. We all hate it. […]
Why Patients Love Virtual Visits with Direct Health
With the coronavirus pandemic forcing us to change the way we practice medicine, you still may have some concerns that your patients will resist the switch to virtual visits with Direct Health. […]
Just Whom The Telehealth Doctor Ordered
When Jennifer Crawford became the general counsel at Medici (now Direct Health) in early 2019, she knew there’d be a lot of moving pieces—both inside the company and within the wider healthcare industry. Since then, those pieces have only multiplied. […]
Patients: How to Prepare for a Virtual Visit with Direct Health
The world may no longer be focused on the Coronavirus, but virtual visits remain a fast and convenient way to access your healthcare. To make your virtual visit go more smoothly, here are some tips to get ready. Answer these questions about your symptoms When you see your doctor in person or virtually, there are several pieces of information they need to understand your condition. By gathering your thoughts and answering these questions ahead of time, you’ll help your doctor figure out how they can help you more quickly. For new problems, the questions might be slightly different than for [...]
3 Types of Patient Encounters Ideal for Telemedicine
There are many types of visits well-suited for virtual care. And with the coronavirus pandemic forcing you to change the way you work, you may need to rethink how some of your visits could be done virtually. […]
