{"id":3382,"date":"2020-04-20T16:11:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T16:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/?p=3382"},"modified":"2020-04-20T16:11:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T16:11:42","slug":"key-features-of-a-telemedicine-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/key-features-of-a-telemedicine-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Features of a Telemedicine Software"},"content":{"rendered":"

Health care providers are turning to telemedicine solutions<\/a> greatly to extend care and to reach \u200epatients remotely. With technology advancements, telemedicine is serving healthcare to offer \u200eprompt and quick treatments to patients with a click of a button from their homes. \u200e<\/p>\n

Features:<\/h3>\n

With many vendors providing telemedicine software solutions in the market it can be difficult \u200eand overwhelming to select the best telemedicine platform for your practice. In order to make \u200eyou confident in your decision-making process, our medical software experts have outlined the \u200ekey features that should be present in telemedicine software. \u200e<\/p>\n

Integration with your EHR and Billing Software<\/span> \u2013<\/strong> A robust telemedicine software will \u200eprovide seamless integration with the users existing EHR Software System<\/a>, this keeps the \u200epractice more efficient and reduces any margins for errors. Integration with your billing \u200esoftware will ensure that telehealth appointments are coded accurately and submitted for \u200efast claims.\u200e<\/p>\n

Security<\/span> \u2013<\/strong> As with any medical software, your telemedicine software should provide \u200eHIPAA Compliance<\/em> to ensure the protection of sensitive patient data. Before the purchase, \u200eyou need to check with the vendor about HIPAA certification and then assess the \u200efeatures that are offered. \u200e<\/p>\n

Clinical Documentation<\/span> \u2013<\/strong> It is important that the telemedicine platform supports clinical \u200edocumentation for clinical tests, trials, and any medical treatments. The user should also \u200ehave the ability to send clinical documentation to\/from their EMR. \u200e<\/p>\n

Real-time Video Conferencing<\/span> \u2013<\/strong> This feature allows patients and doctors to have virtual \u200esessions with high definition through their laptops and smartphone devices. Some video \u200econferencing solutions also provide screen sharing for third parties like caregivers and \u200etranslators.<\/p>\n

Easy Hardware Requirement<\/span> \u2013<\/strong> Your telemedicine software should be flexible enough \u200eto work on any device with internet connectivity, meaning the user is able to connect with \u200ethe patient via mobile phone, desktops, and iPads without any hassle.<\/p>\n

E-prescribing<\/span> \u2013<\/strong> This lets the health care provider create and send electronic prescriptions \u200eto a patients’ pharmacy with a click.<\/p>\n

Scheduling<\/span> \u2013<\/strong> Through the patient scheduling dashboard offered by the telemedicine \u200esolution patients are able to book appointments in a breeze. Once the appointment is \u200econfirmed, appointment confirmation text is sent and furthermore alerts are sent to \u200epatients in order to prevent the issue of missed appointments. \u200e<\/p>\n

These tools definitely ensure benefits for both the provider and the patient and will be a handy \u200echeck-list prior to your telemedicine software purchase. Good luck! \u200e<\/p>\n

Resources<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Trends in Telemedicine: 2020. (2020). Retrieved 20 April 2020, from https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/resources\/telemedicine-trends\/\u200e<\/p>\n

Smith, A. (2020). 6 Essential Telemedicine Software Features | Chiron Health. Retrieved 20 April 2020, from https:\/\/chironhealth.com\/blog\/6-essential-telemedicine-software-features\/\u200e\u200e<\/p>\n

Survey: 17 most valuable features of telemedicine platforms. Integrated audio and video for live patient engagement is the most valuable feature a telemedicine platform can possess, according to the 2017 U.S. Telemedicine Industry Benchmark Survey from Reach Health, a telemedicine software company. (2020). Retrieved 20 April 2020, from https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/healthcare-information-technology\/survey-17-most-\u200evaluable-features-of-telemedicine-platforms.html<\/p>\n

9 Essential Features Your Telemedicine Platform Should Include. (2020). Retrieved 20 April 2020, from https:\/\/www.mendfamily.com\/what-to-look-for-in-a-telemedicine-platform\/\u200e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Health care providers are turning to telemedicine solutions greatly to extend care and to reach \u200epatients remotely. With technology advancements, telemedicine is serving healthcare to offer \u200eprompt and quick treatments to patients with a click of a button from their homes. \u200e Features: With many vendors providing telemedicine software solutions in the market it can […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,16,17,19,21,29,572,32,527,36,38],"tags":[526,422],"class_list":["post-3382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-billing-software","category-e-prescribing-emr-software","category-ehr-software","category-electronic-health-records","category-electronic-medical-records","category-emr-software","category-services-emr","category-emrsystems","category-health-it","category-health-it-software","category-healthcare-news","category-hipaa","category-patient-portal-emr-software","category-patient-portal-software","category-practice-management-software","category-telemedicine-emr-software","category-top","category-top-emr-software-vendors","tag-telehealth","tag-telemedicine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3384,"href":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382\/revisions\/3384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}