Marshfield Clinic Health System and American Well Collaborate on Virtual Doctor Visits
Thursday, December 8th, 2016 -- 7:39 AM
-Marshfield Clinic Health System, which operates three hospitals and more than 50 clinics throughout Wisconsin, and American Well, the leading national telehealth technology company, are collaborating to offer virtual doctor visits to patients in communities served by MCHS clinics and hospitals.VirtualHealth Now®, operated on the American Well® telemedicine platform, offers patients a more convenient way to access care when and where they need it. The service, which is expected to launch in February, is part of the Clinic’s growing telehealth and virtual care initiatives. MCHS, with its more than 700 providers, first will use this service with its Care My Way hotline. Nurse practitioners with this service provide patients with a quick diagnosis and treatment for conditions such as flu, sinus infections, pink eye, urinary tract infections and whooping cough exposure that would normally require an office visit. The addition of virtual visits will increase quality of this service as well as enable expansion to include diagnosis and treatment of additional ailments.
The telehealth service will be rolled out quickly across the health system and expand to primary care and specialty care. It also will be used to intra-office consults such as when a primary care provider seeks a quick consult with a dermatologist.
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