What is telemedicine?
Telemedicine is the use of a new telecommunications technology between a healthcare professional and his or her patient. It is used to receive the medical care that a patient needs while practicing social distancing. Both the patient and the doctor need a device with Internet to maintain medical care. During the COVID19 pandemic, telemedicine services increased their use by more than 1000%.
Why use telemedicine now?
Telemedicine is the best way to protect yourself and your patients. By avoiding physical visits to the office, both for the patient and the professional, contact with possible carriers of COVID19 and other contagious diseases is avoided. In addition, you can protect immunosuppressed patients, while continuing to provide medical services, but remotely. A good telemedicine system also allows you to charge and invoice remotely for the medical procedure performed.
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What are the benefits of telemedicine?
- It allows you to talk to your doctor live by phone or video chat.
- Allows you to send and receive messages from your doctor using chat messages or email.
- Allows remote monitoring of patients.
- Save time and transportation costs.
- Reduce waiting time for services.
- Reduce the number of visits to medical centers.
- It allows you to charge and invoice remotely for the medical procedure performed.
When can telemedicine be used?
- When you need to communicate with your healthcare provider about managing your overall health or managing an existing condition during the COVID-19 outbreak.
What types of medical care can you receive through DriCloud telemedicine?
- Video calls for general healthcare. Optional advance payment by credit/debit card or PayPal is allowed.
- Prescriptions for medications and sending prescriptions by email from the software.
- Remote electronic signature of documents and informed consents. Unlimited, at no additional cost.
- Online appointment system. Optionally allows advance payment by credit/debit card or PayPal.
- Online consultations. The patient describes his/her illness and symptoms, attaches images and sends them to his/her doctor who will respond in a deferred manner. Optional advance payment by credit/debit card or PayPal is allowed.
- Online payments, allows you to create an online store where you can sell courses, services, products, etc.
- Sending invoices by email with a card payment button. Optionally allows payment of the invoice by credit/debit card or PayPal.
- Patient portal. Where patients can access their diagnostic tests, pay bills, make appointments, talk to their doctor, etc.
- Monitoring of 70 vital signs in real time thanks to the integration of DriCloud with Apple Health.
- Mental health counseling.
- Individual and group online courses.
How do you contact a healthcare provider to schedule a telemedicine visit?
Call your healthcare provider to see if they offer telemedicine visits and what technology you need for the visit.
How much does the DriCloud telemedicine module cost?
The DriCloud telemedicine module has no additional cost, it is included in the subscription price.