Technological advances have not only changed the way healthcare providers interact with their patients, but has also changed the ways in which providers work together. Technology has allowed healthcare providers to communicate with one another more quickly and by a wider variety of means than ever before. With this vastly increased interconnectivity, the formalization of electronic consultation (eConsults) is beneficial to improving patient care and centralizing and standardizing the consultations occurring between healthcare professionals. This course is designed to provide information on how to adopt and integrate telehealth technology to facilitate asynchronous, provider-to-provider consultations, known as eConsults.
Course Highlights:
- To support asynchronous (store-and-forward), consultative, provider-to-provider communications between primary care providers (PCPs) or other providers and specialists or other responding provider type to improve the efficiency and efficacy of patient care.
- To improve access to specialty expertise for patients and providers.
- To reduce unnecessary specialist visits.
- To provide timely feedback to PCPs and other ordering providers.
- To offer educational resources to referring providers.
- To foster Interprofessional collaboration and new care team relationships
- To provide documentation, referenceable material, and formalized consult exchange to foster safety, efficiency, and a searchable repository
This course is licensed from TelehealthVillage @ the University of Virginia.
Language Availability: English
Suggested Audiences: Provider to Provider
Organizational Subscription Price: Included as part of an annual subscription to the UVA: Telehealth for Healthcare Providers series, which is available for $675 per year/per site as a subscription add-on for government and non-profit organizations; $750 per year/per site as a subscription add-on for for-profit organizations
Independent Learner Price: $49.17 per person
