Primary care practices, particularly smaller ones, must significantly upgrade their technology. Both to be sure that when they are referring a patient, the patient stays in-network and that the specialist is available to provide care.
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Part 1: Support for the Transition to Value-Based Care
How is the VBC payment model changing? Value-based care is a trending topic and an industry buzzword. Value-based care payment models emphasize quality over quantity of care. Providers are rewarded for improving health outcomes and patient satisfaction.
Targeting Healthcare Cost Savings, Focus on High-Value eConsults
At-risk practices that focus on high-value eConsults see the greatest benefits from their eConsult programs — healthcare cost savings and improved patient outcomes. These practices identify patients at high risk of serious health events…
Preventive Medicine is the Key to Value-Based Care
Studies have shown that preventative care decreases the incidence of disease and patient mortality, resulting in better care outcomes. Preventive medicine proactively identifies…
Creating Connections: Physician Consultation with Specialists
PCPs are embracing tools that extend their clinical offering without delegating patient care. Electronic physician consults are connecting physicians to offer specialty care.
Evaluate Practice Performance: Practice Cost Savings
eConsults drive practice cost savings for your practices by replacing referrals, eliminating unnecessary testing, reducing emergency room visits and avoiding hospital readmissions…
Evaluate Practice Performance: Patient Benefits
eConsults patient benefits include cost savings, less travel, reduced time off work, faster diagnosis and treatment, and improved outcomes.
Evaluate Practice Performance: Clinical Quality
Multiple studies have shown that improved access to specialty advice and preventative care decreases the incidence of disease and patient mortality, resulting in improved clinical quality. By addressing health problems before they require emergency intervention, both patients and the health system save money and see better outcomes.
Evaluate Practice Performance: Patient Access
To increase patient access to specialty care, consider which specialties that have long appointment wait times, higher costs, conditions easily manage by the PCP, or do not require a face-to-face specialist visit.
Evaluate Practice Performance: Provider Adoption
Practice performance metrics are in focus whenever a new tool is introduced to improve patient care. In this series, we’ll focus on practice success and patient care when adopting or maintaining an eConsult program. Many of these strategies apply to increasing the adoption of any new technology or program.