Telehealth discovered several successful niches in Miami-Dade. Baptist Health South Florida, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, University of Miami Health System and Project MAVEN found success in telehealth space and space to develop.
Care On Demand from Baptist Health continues to grow in the number of downloads after it was launched two years ago to treat minor ailments. This platform has 20,000 downloads on computers, tablets and smartphones, up 10,000 from last year.
The medical director of the program, Dr.David Mishkin, said, "That's where we want to be at this point."
Baptists welcome more doctors to meet the increased demand for a $59 consultation. Half of users aged 30-49 years. Feedback, the measure of first success, remains positive. More than 90% of platform users give at least four out of five ratings.
Deputy president of Baptist Outpatient Surgery Luis Bellmas said his team wanted to reach 50,000 registrations in the next three years. The key is to bring awareness to the platform and maintain the number of users.
"The biggest challenge is getting people to remember that the service is available and you can use it for minor illnesses and minor illnesses," said Mr.Bellmas. "If you don't need it, you don't think about it. When you need it, your first instinct is to go to a local emergency treatment. This makes people download apps and then when they need them, to remember them for them."
Details of next year's budget for this service are underway, but Mr. Bellmas said this was more than $1 million.
The services provided by Nicklaus Children's Health serve children. This platform connects pediatricians and specialists with children from Florida and more than 40 countries for consultation. The program starts for minors outside the US and has grown in five years since it was launched with more than 100 international consultations per year. Providers provide care from Telehealth Command Center hospitals using fully encrypted software for secure virtual connections.
Evelyn Terrell, director of global health and telehealth at the hospital, said keeping prices as low as possible was a priority.
"By reducing maintenance costs," he said, "service providers can give them opinions that allow them to get prescriptions very quickly and start treatment or families don't need to go to an emergency room where treatment costs will be much higher. "
This organization aims to expand its reach and enhance its user experience, including maintaining a free primary care program used by several schools to treat students who feel sick during school days as well as applications that can check the ears, nose, listen to the heart, lungs and evaluate skin temperature.
International patients seeking consultation for urological robotic surgery find a safe place at the University of Miami Health System. Doctors, especially from the Caribbean, have been referring patients to the university's international urology telehealth program since it was launched in 2016. Chad R. Ritch, assistant professor of urology at the University of Miami and associate director director of the UHealth International Medicine System, said robotic surgery was not available in most places international patients come from.
As a specialist in urology and urology oncology, Dr. Ritch meets through long-distance relationships with patients who think about robotic surgery for prostate cancer. They discuss procedures, benefits, risks, and alternatives using the university platform. The patient undergoes the necessary tests in his home country if he chooses to continue surgery and fly on the day before the surgery.
This service greatly saves the cost of travel and accommodation for patients. "Patients who need care in the US from abroad do not need to physically come to get the evaluation they need. The more we offer this service to our international patients, the better the health care system and patients," he said.
Dr.Ritch's team does an average of five consultations per month and sees conversion rates for procedural tele-counseling approaching 100%.
The Medical Alumni Volunteer Network, or MAVEN Project, a non-profit organization with locations in six states, was launched last November in Miami with three locations - Florida International University, UHI CommunityCare Clinic and the University of Miami. The organization works with nearly 100 volunteer doctors across the country who offer 35 specializations that provide free consultation through Skype-like technology to clinic providers, especially targeting uninsured.
The founder of the MAVEN Project, Laurie L. Green, a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, said she thought of the idea after hearing retired doctors but many still wished to practice medicine several hours a week. The program was then intended to connect specialists across the country with uninsured in American inner-city and rural cities, communities that did not have access to the doctors they needed.
"Those in areas that do not have specialist practitioners, and telehealth can be a clear way that we can bridge our doctors to find meaning [and] patients who are looking for high-quality special care. That is what is combined."
In South Florida, Board Member Barth Green sees clinics as a place of refuge for migrant workers trapped between needing medical care and fear of any retribution due to their legal status. He said most would not attend open health fairs or large gatherings for fear of being arrested or deported.
Green used his position as executive dean for global health and community service at the Miami Miller University Medical School and professor of neurosurgery to utilize 12,000 potential faculty members and volunteers.
"At present, medical schools have four pillars - community service and serving the underserved. This is an extraordinary opportunity at the end of our spectrum in dealing with doctors and nurses where we can share our knowledge and we do it because we want to do it, not because we get compensation or for other reasons," he said.
Linda Schotthoefer, senior director of the United Way of Miami Dade from the community initiative, was part of the team that brought the MAVEN Project to Miami and continued to support this project through its pilot year. In addition to other partner organizations, the South Florida Health Foundation, the United Way of Miami Dade generated $40,000 in 2017 to launch the program in Miami, and both contributed in October for the expansion of the project.
"I like this project," said Ms. Schotthoefer. "This utilizes the power of volunteers. In the field of health where there are so many underserved people in our community, it's exciting to think that there are doctors in our community who are willing to contribute their time at our charity clinic as well as doctors from outside our community who are willing to share their expertise. "
Doctors who are interested in volunteering can register through the organization's webpage, said Dr. Green.
Every organization plans to expand its services, many of which view behavioral health as the next frontier.
Care On Demand from Baptist Health continues to grow in the number of downloads after it was launched two years ago to treat minor ailments. This platform has 20,000 downloads on computers, tablets and smartphones, up 10,000 from last year.
The medical director of the program, Dr.David Mishkin, said, "That's where we want to be at this point."
Baptists welcome more doctors to meet the increased demand for a $59 consultation. Half of users aged 30-49 years. Feedback, the measure of first success, remains positive. More than 90% of platform users give at least four out of five ratings.
Deputy president of Baptist Outpatient Surgery Luis Bellmas said his team wanted to reach 50,000 registrations in the next three years. The key is to bring awareness to the platform and maintain the number of users.
"The biggest challenge is getting people to remember that the service is available and you can use it for minor illnesses and minor illnesses," said Mr.Bellmas. "If you don't need it, you don't think about it. When you need it, your first instinct is to go to a local emergency treatment. This makes people download apps and then when they need them, to remember them for them."
Details of next year's budget for this service are underway, but Mr. Bellmas said this was more than $1 million.
The services provided by Nicklaus Children's Health serve children. This platform connects pediatricians and specialists with children from Florida and more than 40 countries for consultation. The program starts for minors outside the US and has grown in five years since it was launched with more than 100 international consultations per year. Providers provide care from Telehealth Command Center hospitals using fully encrypted software for secure virtual connections.
Evelyn Terrell, director of global health and telehealth at the hospital, said keeping prices as low as possible was a priority.
"By reducing maintenance costs," he said, "service providers can give them opinions that allow them to get prescriptions very quickly and start treatment or families don't need to go to an emergency room where treatment costs will be much higher. "
This organization aims to expand its reach and enhance its user experience, including maintaining a free primary care program used by several schools to treat students who feel sick during school days as well as applications that can check the ears, nose, listen to the heart, lungs and evaluate skin temperature.
Telehealth, Miami-Dade, Florida.
"Most visits can be made in the range of $50 to $70," Dr. Terrell. "The device is in the range of $300. We are looking for the best way to spread some of them. We also have shipping options that may be as low as $30 per month for some of these services and also partner again with payers and other consumers. "International patients seeking consultation for urological robotic surgery find a safe place at the University of Miami Health System. Doctors, especially from the Caribbean, have been referring patients to the university's international urology telehealth program since it was launched in 2016. Chad R. Ritch, assistant professor of urology at the University of Miami and associate director director of the UHealth International Medicine System, said robotic surgery was not available in most places international patients come from.
As a specialist in urology and urology oncology, Dr. Ritch meets through long-distance relationships with patients who think about robotic surgery for prostate cancer. They discuss procedures, benefits, risks, and alternatives using the university platform. The patient undergoes the necessary tests in his home country if he chooses to continue surgery and fly on the day before the surgery.
This service greatly saves the cost of travel and accommodation for patients. "Patients who need care in the US from abroad do not need to physically come to get the evaluation they need. The more we offer this service to our international patients, the better the health care system and patients," he said.
Dr.Ritch's team does an average of five consultations per month and sees conversion rates for procedural tele-counseling approaching 100%.
The Medical Alumni Volunteer Network, or MAVEN Project, a non-profit organization with locations in six states, was launched last November in Miami with three locations - Florida International University, UHI CommunityCare Clinic and the University of Miami. The organization works with nearly 100 volunteer doctors across the country who offer 35 specializations that provide free consultation through Skype-like technology to clinic providers, especially targeting uninsured.
The founder of the MAVEN Project, Laurie L. Green, a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, said she thought of the idea after hearing retired doctors but many still wished to practice medicine several hours a week. The program was then intended to connect specialists across the country with uninsured in American inner-city and rural cities, communities that did not have access to the doctors they needed.
"Those in areas that do not have specialist practitioners, and telehealth can be a clear way that we can bridge our doctors to find meaning [and] patients who are looking for high-quality special care. That is what is combined."
In South Florida, Board Member Barth Green sees clinics as a place of refuge for migrant workers trapped between needing medical care and fear of any retribution due to their legal status. He said most would not attend open health fairs or large gatherings for fear of being arrested or deported.
Green used his position as executive dean for global health and community service at the Miami Miller University Medical School and professor of neurosurgery to utilize 12,000 potential faculty members and volunteers.
"At present, medical schools have four pillars - community service and serving the underserved. This is an extraordinary opportunity at the end of our spectrum in dealing with doctors and nurses where we can share our knowledge and we do it because we want to do it, not because we get compensation or for other reasons," he said.
Linda Schotthoefer, senior director of the United Way of Miami Dade from the community initiative, was part of the team that brought the MAVEN Project to Miami and continued to support this project through its pilot year. In addition to other partner organizations, the South Florida Health Foundation, the United Way of Miami Dade generated $40,000 in 2017 to launch the program in Miami, and both contributed in October for the expansion of the project.
"I like this project," said Ms. Schotthoefer. "This utilizes the power of volunteers. In the field of health where there are so many underserved people in our community, it's exciting to think that there are doctors in our community who are willing to contribute their time at our charity clinic as well as doctors from outside our community who are willing to share their expertise. "
Doctors who are interested in volunteering can register through the organization's webpage, said Dr. Green.
Every organization plans to expand its services, many of which view behavioral health as the next frontier.
Telehealth discovered several successful niches in Miami-Dade.
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