Reducing Patient Care Costs While Improving Outcomes
Lowers Payer Costs
Timely access to specialist physicians via nodMD can reduce healthcare costs by: avoiding initial ED/urgent care visits, minimizing costly misdiagnosis and unnecessary procedures, eliminating patient transfers and lowering hospital readmissions.
Read more- 75% of urgent care and emergency room visits are unnecessary or can be effectively handled via telemedicine.
- Specialty care telemedicine results in an 88% revision in diagnosis and a 50% reduction in unnecessary surgeries.
- Telehealth could generate $6 billion in annual healthcare costs savings.
- Cut unnecessary or avoidable hospitalizations by 30% to 50%—or more—which positively impacts your bottom line.
Better Care Collaboration
Timely access to specialty physicians improves collaboration between facilities, primary care physicians and specialists. nodMD’s digital platform increases connectivity with providers throughout the care continuum.
Read more- Telemedicine physician-to-physician consultations rose from 17% in 2018 to 22% in early 2020.
- Adopting telemedicine increases collaboration and productivity of medical staff, which improves the quality of care patients receive.
- One study found that 6% of patients using telemedicine required a follow up for a similar condition compared to 13% of those visiting a physician’s office and 20% of those visiting an emergency department—indicating that telemedicine visits are more-effective as they require fewer follow-up visits.
Telemedicine Is More Than Video Consults
Lower costs via nodMD’s digital health platform.
Improve Care for Chronically Ill Patients
With 80% of healthcare spending on this population, nodMD’s virtual platform for specialists improves patient care, quality of life and lowers payor spending.
Potential Annual Employer Savings
nodMD’s virtual care platform saves money while increasing timely access to specialty providers.
Quality Patient Care
nodMD’s highly experienced medical specialists provide expert care while keeping patients in the comfort of home and safely out of the hospital.
Continuum of Care Promise
Our virtual outpatient system means that we can continue with the patient after they have been discharged home, which helps to ensure their treatment plans continue and they aren’t readmitted or end up in the ED.