Telemedical care is often better than traditional care

2^nd International Conference on Health Informatics and Technology

July 27-29, 2015 Valencia, Spain

Joe Peterson

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Health Med Informat

Abstract :

Between 2007 and 2015 I built the United Statesâ?? premier and largest provider of specialty physician consultations via telemedical link, serving the emergency departments, ICUâ??s and general floors of hundreds of urban and suburban US hospitals. Over more hundreds of thousands of on-demand live consultations that involved both interaction with on-site physicians and the direct evaluation of patients at a distance, we established logistical, clinical and financial results that are superior in measurable aspects to the traditional bedside consultation model for more than 97% of patients, including those with critical emergencies. Further, our operations were able to establish a superior model for physician compensation and engagement, including collaboration, continuing education, experience, satisfaction and personal compensation. These lessons are easily transportable to other healthcare systems ready to accept that telemedical care is more than just, and adjunct or fill-in to traditional specialty care models, but in fact can be superior in all dimensions, and every participant in the care delivery chain sees great benefits: patients, payors, physicians, and hospitals and healthcare systems. The organization not only earned patient and client support, but also great support and investment from professional healthcare investors.