eConsults

How eConsults Can Help You?

An e-consult or online medical consultation is an asynchronous, physician-to-physician communication about a patient’s chief complaint or current condition that leverages the expertise of a physician specialist. Electronic consultations, or eConsults, are often initiated by a primary care provider (PCP) seeking a specialist’s expert opinion about the appropriate diagnosis or treatment for a patient.

Which best describes you?

Payor

Health System

Provider

Patient

$3 million

estimated savings per year, per every 100,000 members.

Expanded network access. Reduced costs. Improved patient experience.

For payor organizations, online medical consultation with a specialist:

Increase access with on-demand access to specialists within the primary care setting
Reduce cost of care by eliminating unnecessary face-to-face referrals as well as associated workup and diagnostics
Decrease wait times by providing rapid access to specialty care for routine referrals within primary care, and reducing appointment wait times for patients in need of face-to-face specialty care
Improve member satisfaction by reducing unnecessary appointment burden and out-of-pocket costs
Improve quality ratings
Reduce ED admissions and readmissions
Improve provider satisfaction by providing primary care providers a resource to expand care capacity and better preparing patients for specialist appointments

Make an Impact

>92%

of eConsults significantly impact the care plan.

Improved network management. Increased access. Physicians working top of license.

To support health systems, eConsults:

Connect PCPs to either AristaMD’s panel of specialists, or your own panel of specialists through the HIPAA compliant online platform
Improve specialty care access while decreasing unnecessary face-to-face referrals, online medical consultation ensures “right provider, right patient, right time” care
Treat lower-acuity and billing patients effectively within primary care
Expedite visits for higher-acuity and billing patients to provide more timely care from health system specialists
Reduce unnecessary referrals by expanding primary care capacity

Expand Your Network

>92%

of eConsults significantly impact the care plan.

Expanded clinical capabilities. Better care coordination. Better satisfaction.

For providers, eConsults:

Replace unnecessary specialist visits
Allow PCPs more patient care oversight
Provide interim care planning advice while patients wait to be seen by a specialist
Provide non-emergent EKG review
Validate your treatment plan
Confirm the need to refer
Answer treatment questions or medication regimen confirmation
Guide specialized workup recommendations for specific conditions
Ensure patients receive the appropriate pre-visit workup when a specialist referral is necessary

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>70%

of the time, patients will be able to receive immediate treatment from their PCP.

Timely care. Fewer appointments. Reduced costs.

eConsults allow primary care providers to consult with specialists to reduce unnecessary face-to-face specialist appointments and get patients the care they need–faster.

Patients are positively impacted by eConsults, as they effectively:

Provide fast access to care from within the comfort of the primary care office
Reduce unnecessary appointments and associated burden, including: travel, missed work, and childcare
Reduce wait times for necessary appointments
Lower out-of-pocket expenses from out-of-network care, care not covered by insurance, and co-pays
Strengthen the provider-to-patient relationship
Offer a more convenient way of managing ongoing chronic and comorbid care

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