Brent joined us to discuss Telemedicine and how he views the upcoming landscape, pitfalls, and strengths that we can offer patients as CEO of Valley Immediate Care, one of the leading Urgent Care Systems in Southern Oregon (and my first job as a PA-C!). I can't thank him enough for his time and sharing all the interesting information we covered. It definitely has me thinking differently about what it may mean for us as providers and patients in the future.

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Terms Covered in Episode

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Telemedicine - Utilizing information technology to assess health for disease prevention and treatment or may refer to providing clinical health care from a distance.

Urgent Care Association

Urgent Care - Walk-in clinics focused on the delivery of acute care in a dedicated medical facility outside of a traditional emergency room. Urgent care centers treat injuries and illnesses that are not serious enough to require an emergency department visit.

Oceans of Opportunity, 2019 UCA Urgent Care Convention & Expo

“Store and Forward” - Describes the process of collecting digital medical information (records, x-rays, etc.) then transmitting to another provider for information or evaluation.

Remote Monitoring - Ability to use technology to monitor data (blood sugar, heart rate, rhythm, etc.) from a patient(s) in another location.

 

TeleHealth Alliance of Oregon

Morbidity - State of disease or injury.

Diabetes - Refers to a group of diseases that result from an inability to utilize or produce insulin (naturally produced hormone) and thus unable to process glucose (sugar) appropriately.  This leads to a large variety of complications.

Assisted Living - A community living situation generally for senior citizens who need some assistance with daily activities, but do not require care in a nursing home.

 

Skilled Nursing Facility - A dedicated facility or part of a hospital that provides short and long-term medical care from a team of staff that consists of nursing staff, assistants, therapists, and many more.

 

Norovirus - A really nasty viral gastrointestinal infection that is easily spread in close communities (Nursing facilities for exp) and very difficult to eradicate.

 

Admission - To be brought in to the hospital for specific medical care.  Entails obtaining a medical history, making a medical diagnosis, writing orders for treatment and other diagnostic procedures, diet, activity, etc.

 

Mortality - Referring to death as a result, or the state of death.

 

Pilot Program - Generally a small-scale, short-term trial or experimentation and implementation of ideas that helps an organization learn how a large-scale project might work in practice.

 

MA (Medical Assistant) - A health professional that works along side a medical team in an inpatient or outpatient setting that is considered an entry level medical position, but is very active with patient care from start to finish and a great job for anyone who would like to help patients.