What is provider clinic scheduling?
In provider clinic scheduling, telemedicine consultations are integrated into the provider’s normal clinic process. The patients are scheduled by the remote site staff just as any other patient who visits the clinic and that time is also scheduled at the remote site. A room, which may be the physician’s office, is equipped with the necessary devices and telecommunications connections. When a telemedicine patient is next on the schedule, as the time approaches for the patient to be seen by the specialist, the remote site staff makes sure the necessary clinical information is collected and forwarded to the doctor and that the videoconferencing connection is made. The provider then reviews the patient information and then enters the room where the telemedicine equipment is located and the patient is already “present” on the monitor.
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