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Year in Review: Telemedicine and the Multi-Channel Evolution of Healthcare in 2019

By Dr. Mac McCormick December 9, 2019Healthcare Trends, Tele-ID, Telemedicine, TeleStroke

Businesses understand today that customers want more than one way to interact with them. Ordering products online. Checking reviews on mobile apps. Joining company communities on social media. 2019 saw healthcare’s evolution in the same multi-channel direction. No longer is it a single visit to the doctor or hospital. Today’s healthcare is a series of interactions with multiple access points or “front doors,” some personal, some digital—outpatient clinic visits, email conversations with doctors or clinical staff, online checking of lab results or Q&As on a patient portal, virtual doctor visits. It was the new model of healthcare in 2019.

Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) program via telemedicine

Eagle Telemedicine Launches Its First Maternal Fetal Telemedicine Program

By Dr. Mac McCormick November 1, 2019Operations, Telemedicine

When a great idea takes off, it’s surprising where it can take you. Recently, we’ve answered a need for a Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) program via telemedicine at a large Alabama hospital. The 150-bed acute care facility is now able to offer services for women with high-risk pregnancies. It is the first hospital in its metropolitan area to offer those services onsite.

Making Credentialing Telemedicine Providers a True Differentiator

By Katie Cherry October 9, 2019Operations, Staffing, Telemedicine

One area that is often behind the scenes but a key driver in a timely telemedicine program start is the credentialing and licensing process. Many telemedicine companies outsource their program to save costs. At Eagle Telemedicine, better results and consistent support means we do it ourselves.

Telemedicine Playbook: Six Tips for Success

By Eagle Telemedicine September 18, 2019Hospitalists, Operations, Telemedicine

After 10 years of providing telemedicine programs to hospitals, we’ve had time to carve out a specific niche in the market. We know what makes us different from other telemedicine companies, so we’ve taken time to put those differentiators down on paper in a new Telemedicine Playbook: “What to Look for When Choosing a Provider – Six Tips for Success.”

Telemedicine Operations Part 4: Launch Telehealth Coverage

By David Cooke September 9, 2019Operations, Telemedicine

In this blog series, we’re discussing Eagle Telemedicine’s proven and replicable implementation process. Previously, in the third series installment, we had moved into the Mock-Go-Live discussions, the real-time practice sessions that put everything into perspective regarding what was learned and discovered in the implementation. In this post, we move to the program Go-Live.

Telemedicine Operations Part 3: Telemed Services Mock Go-Live

By Cameron Lewis August 1, 2019Clinical Performance Management, Operations, Staffing, Telemedicine

In this blog series, we’re discussing Eagle Telemedicine’s proven and replicable implementation process. Previously, in the second series installment, we had moved into the weekly implementation discussions. In this post, we turn our attention to the Mock Go-Live sessions.

Telemedicine Operations Part 2: Implementing Real-Time Telemedicine Begins

By Tori Surber June 25, 2019Operations, Telemedicine

In this blog series, we’re discussing Eagle Telemedicine’s proven and replicable implementation process. Part I dealt with the importance of the “kick-off” call to get things rolling with the implementation of a telemedicine program. The “kick-off” sets the stage, creates clear expectations of the implementation, and facilitates clear and transparent communication, but now the implementation process begins in earnest. Next up in the implementation process is the start of weekly implementation discussions.

Tele-ID Virtually Eliminates Infectious Disease Transfers

By Dr. Mac McCormick June 19, 2019Healthcare Trends, Readmissions, Tele-ID, Telemedicine

At first glance, one might think that telemedicine wouldn’t be the best medium for diagnosing and treating patients with infectious diseases (IDs). There is, after all, nothing to “listen to” in conditions of sepsis, infected wounds from diabetes or other ailments, meningitis, osteomyelitis, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) or other infections—nothing a stethoscope on a videoconferencing cart can pick up from the sound of a patient’s heartbeat or stomach. But look again.

Operations Part 1: Efficient Use of Telemedicine Starts with a Kick-off Call

By David Cooke May 20, 2019Operations, Telemedicine

Over the past few months, your team has decided that an Eagle Telemedicine solution is the right strategy for meeting the specific and unique needs of your hospital. Now that you’ve accomplished the “what,” it’s time to talk about the “how.” Enter Phase Two: implementation. Having completed hundreds of implementations in a wide variety of specialties, we have created a replicable playbook that enables rapid start-up and clear, concise monitoring on a go-forward basis.

Our Growth Mirrors the Industry’s…and More

By Dr. Mac McCormick May 15, 2019Healthcare Trends, TeleNephrology

Telemedicine is growing—around the world and here at home. A report released last year projected the global telehealth market would grow at a 13-percent compound annual growth rate, reaching $19.5 billion by 2025. That’s more than triple the $6 billion market value in 2016.

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