Studies show that improved access and preventative care decreases disease and mortality. By addressing health problems before they require emergency intervention, both patients and the health system save money and see better outcomes. How do you know the advice you receive from eConsults is working to prevent disease escalation? Learn how to measure eConsult clinical quality.
Category Results: "Virtual Conference Clips"
Measuring Practice Success and Patient Care: Identifying Conditions Easily Managed in the Primary Care Setting
If it’s not urgent, procedural or diagnostic, it likely can be managed in the primary care setting using an eConsult. eConsult specialists also support patients with chronic conditions and abnormal labs and imaging. Finally, patients with comorbidities are often good candidates for eConsults.
Measuring Practice Success and Patient Care: Identifying High Cost Specialties
When you know your patient population, as most at-risk practices do, it’s easy to identify opportunities to deploy eConsults in high-cost specialties. Let’s look at a few of the more expensive specialties and frequently occurring conditions submitted as eConsults.
Measuring Practice Success and Patient Care: Identifying Specialties with Long Appointment Wait Times
Measuring Practice Success and Patient Care: Identifying Specialtieswith Long Appointment Wait TimesEric Urquiza, Sr. Vice President of Operations & Client Experience at AristaMD Merritt Hawkins reports that the nationwide average wait time to see an orthopedic...
Measuring Practice Success and Patient Care: Access to Specialty Care
Measuring Practice Success and Patient Care: Access to Specialty CareEric Urquiza, Sr. Vice President of Operations & Client Experience at AristaMD With considerable time and effort at risk practices, identify patients at high risk of serious health events. We...