eConsults are highly effective in facilitating successful revenue strategies for FFS health systems and provides a clear method for these health systems to improve delivery of care for health organizations, doctors, and patients alike.

In the pursuit of healthcare’s holy grail (efficient, effective, and high-quality care), it’s important to assess all modalities of telehealth solutions, especially asynchronous telehealth, which can provide key support to the framework of strategies to improve access, efficiency, outcomes, as well as patient and provider experience.

eConsult platform use in local primary care settings to improve “right time, right place, right provider care” have been shown to decrease the number of patients receiving avoidable and unnecessary care within the hospital setting, thus supporting hospital’s ability to mitigate uncompensated care.

While health systems are rapidly adopting telehealth platforms to support value-based care arrangements, these solutions also create significant value for traditional (fee-for-service) lines of business. In particular, eConsults benefit both the patient and provider by enhancing quality of care, efficiency and experience.

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