Re: Software Reviews...VIDEO

[Guest guest]

Will do Ken. Thanks.

Trying hard to no like HelloHealth, based on their cost/subscription model, but

something I have not seen yet in other models is the capability to do virtual

video visits.

Now, sure, you can Skype with patients if so desired, but I have no way of

knowing if that is secure. And, with HelloHealth, a patient schedules,

initiates, and purchases such a consultation via the platform, and the physician

receives the connection within the EMR and has a built-in platform for

documenting the visit right there on the spot.

Are there any other doctor-patient video conferencing/connectivity solutions out

there? Secure.

Anyone using such a feature? Am I giving the option too much stock, i.e.,

patients won't really want to use it anyway?

Thanks...

Greg

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> > 1) CareCloud -- had an hour long demo yesterday. Web-based platform.

Gorgeous looking; if you can use an iPad, you can use this software. Truly

cloud-based; not browser specific. Easy to use. Flexible note generator.

Built-in billing platform which, though I did not thoroughly demo it, looks like

it adequately capable and really easy to use. Downsides were that the patient

portal in " coming soon. " Looks like they're trying to grow it into a

mini-Facebook, where you will be able to see who else is logged in, patients,

colleagues, and connect in real time. They intend for you to use it with their

billing service, and to do so would give you the software for free, in return

for a billing percentage (probably 5-7%). If you want to use it and bill

yourself, then it is $399-499 a month. But they also want $5K for startup

costs/training/install (which I think is a little crazy since the software as

demo'ed looks completely ready to use out of the box).

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> > 2) Looked at the beat version of Avado yesterday. Probably not quite ready

for primetime yet. It is focused more on patient interaction, rather than on EMR

uses or Meaningful Use or practice management. But they have recently added a

text-based notes generator. But it looks like it will be very powerful for this

purpose. I especially liked how you can use it to create buckets for patients to

belong to, e.g., Over 65 bucket, the Hypertension bucket, the Taking Statin

bucket, and then Broadcast messages to individuals or to Buckets. And run

reports on the same. I'm not as certain about what Avado will cost once truly

released, but I think the Patient Portal features will likely be free, to both

sides of the equation, but extras on the physician side, e.g., the EMR, will

incur a monthly subscription cost.

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[Guest guest]

OK, silly question. What's an e-visit?

Is it just a series of emails? Or is there some tech involved that I don't know

about?

Greg

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> I think you could do just as much with e visits and a digital photo

> which I have done a bunch of times