Online Patient Care
Online Patient Care is a consumer-driven phenomenon that is transforming the delivery
of healthcare for patients and doctors. Research shows that patients want to consult
with their doctor using the same tools they use to communicate with family and friends.
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Aetna, Cigna and other insurers have started to reimburse physicians
for online consultations in the State of Florida, California, Massachussetts and
New York under the CPT code 0074T.
Patients have to be registered patients with their Doctors to seek
Online Patient care and Doctors have to be members of DrIsOnline.com to provide
Online Patient Care Doctors can become members of DrIsOnline.com for FREE
by simply filling out a one-page Registration Form. DrIsOnline.com’s Online-Patient-Portal allows patients to
receive patient care online, in which Patient fills out a questionnaire describing
their symptoms, video records a message regarding their condition and sends it to
the doctor in the form of an alert, which then gets embedded into the patients Electronic
Medical Record as an acknowledgement. The doctor reviews the video message, studies
the symptom questionnaire, and looks up the patients personal health record online
before deciding on whether or not to text the patient, video message the patient
online or schedule the patient for an office visit. If the doctor decides to consult
online and clicks on the message button, patients EMR will automatically open and
the doctor will now have before him: (a) patients personal health record, which
contains patients personal, family, social and clinical history, (b) reasons for
needing an online consultation, (c) symptom questionnaire, providing in detail the
condition of the patient, (d) a personal video message discussing their symptoms
, and (e) complete electronic medical record – all in a matter of minutes. This Online-Patient-Portal which resides in our website
is accessible to all, at all times benefits all stakeholders: patients, payers,
employers, doctors and government.
Patient’s benefits:
Sharing of clinical information by healthcare providers improves
medical decision-making, reduces medical errors, increases the quality of care,
and reduces the cost of care by eliminating redundant testing, which in the long-run
results in lower premiums. Moreover, studies have found that patients with strong
patient-physician relationship, which revolves around the productive and efficient
exchange of information “live well” even with their chronic condition.
Payer’s and Employer’s benefits:
Today’s rising cost of health insurance is directly attributable
to the loss in productivity, medical errors and unnecessary and repetitive diagnostic
testing. Thus, as the cost and safety of the patient improves, the overall quality
of life of patients will improve, thereby making it easier for employers to negotiate
lower rates with their insurance carriers, and pass those savings in lower premiums
for their employees.
Doctors benefits:
It is the next generation solution for doctors to enhance patient
revenues, reduce operating costs, and improve the quality of patient care by extending
their practice beyond eight hours a day, five days/week - through the Internet.
Doctors will get reimbursed when “evaluating and managing patient encounters” with
an established patient via a secure communication network. All of which keeps the
doctors from making medical errors, gives them a faster patient throughput, helps
them sort patients during a drug recall, and improves the healthcare of a patient,
who are more inclined to ask for help than self-medicate. More importantly, it improves
physician-patient relationship.
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