Benefits Of Telemedicine

Telemedicine has been a great source in surmounting healthcare issues caused due to distance between provider and patient. Services like Remote Patient Monitoring and Telemedicine allows the providers to work efficiently, and also increases the revenue as it gives the flexibility to both, patient and providers. Telemedicine has numerous Benefits to both, patient and providers, and few Benefits Of Telemedicine are listed below:

 

1. Increases Revenue:

Telemedicine Visits makes it quicker for providers to consult his/her patient in a short time. It also helps in aspect with no increase in staff overheads or management. Provider can see more patients individually without adding another provider in the service.

2.Reduction in No-show or cancellations:

A big portion of revenue loss and waste of time happens due to last-minute cancellations or the patient’s inability to reach the hospital/clinic. With the use of telemedicine services, these services can be easily switched to telemedicine at the last minute as well, thus generating more revenue.

3. Boosts the volume of visits:

Physical healthcare visits are also restricted to a certain time as one can only see patients in selected hours, whereas in Telemedicine, the provider can see patients at any point of the day.

4. Follow up Visits Reimbursement:

Generally, insurance does not pay for televisits like Audio Calls for reviewing test results, etc but they do reimburse telemedicine services. Provider can easily add this into their revenue by switching those services with video call telemedicine services.

5. Increase In Number of Patients:

With the help of telemedicine, the provider can also reach people in rural areas where the primary care or specialist medical service are not that efficient or even not available in severest conditions.

The Benefits Of Telemedicine services can be counted without a break, it can be considered as one of the blessings in the history of medical science.

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Author: Atharva Jha