Virtual Orthopedic Care
How Can Sports Medicine Manhattan Help You?
There are several reasons why some of our patients can benefit from telemedicine care. Due to recent events such as COVID-19, many patients may not feel comfortable or safe to travel to their in-person appointments at our office. Luckily, we offer virtual care for sports medicine Manhattan. So, if you need pre or post-operative care or unable to travel due to health or travel reasons, the team at NYSMI is here to help. You can schedule a telemedicine appointment with us and one of our team members will contact you via selected communication apps to assist you.
What Is Telemedicine?
According to a recent notification, the Office of Civil Rights announced they will take a more relaxed approach to health care providers who need to conduct appointments virtually during this national public health emergency.
What that means is, our team at NYSMI can assist you virtually through one of these following communication apps that do not impose a penalty for noncompliance with HIPPA such as:
- Facetime
- Fb Messenger FB chat
- Google Hangouts
- Zoom
- Skype
Applications such as Twitch, FB live, and Tik Tok are not allowed as they are face-public and do not comply with HIPPA.
Additionally, we must be transparent with our patients to inform them that these third-party applications can potentially pose a privacy risk. NYSMI is taking precautionary measures to ensure the safety of our patient’s information and enabling all available encryption and privacy modes while using these applications.
How Can Virtual Care Be Used In Orthopedic Practices?
We are probably asked; how can an orthopedist treat a patient without touching them? Here is an answer to that question.
Most post-operative visits are just simple rechecks to see how a wound is healing. This visual process may either end with “you’re healing” or “let me prescribe pain medication”. Most of these visits last for about 5 minutes or so.
The last thing we want for our patients is to experience the hassle for an in-person visit. Patients with orthopedic injuries may be uncomfortable or unable to travel to our office, and as a result, they can grow frustrated for having to come in for a quick visit.
Virtual care can allow NYSMI to cut the time needed for visits and see more patients.
What Are The Benefits?
Telemedicine may sound foreign to a lot of patients, but we can ensure you that there are many benefits when it comes to virtual care. Our purpose is to provide the experience of care as comfortable and convenient as possible for you.
Patients can expect to see a reduction in wait times from about 30 minutes to as low as 2 minutes and visit times cut from over an hour to 20 minutes.
It can also help patients reduce travel costs. We have patients visiting us from all over the tri-state area who may need up to an hour to travel to our sports medicine Manhattan office. By offering virtual care, we can ensure the safety of our patients and help them save money.
Virtual care can also eliminate the need to take time off from work. Theoretically, our patients can complete their virtual appointments on a lunch break or at work in their office.
Why Use Telemedicine?
We strive to provide the best care to our patients when they need it, and where is most comfortable for them. We must ensure that in today’s landscape and allow each patient to be treated safely. Virtual care is necessary for medical practices to see improvements in value for each patient’s visit.
It allows us to put care right at your fingertips. It is not to say that we see the days of scheduling appointments, traveling to, and waiting to see our doctors for orthopedic injuries behind us, but it certainly is a great tool we can use to provide care as convenient as possible.
Patients are more than likely not to skip their virtual visits, which encourages them to follow their instructions and benefit their recovery greatly.
Contact Us Today For Sports Medicine Manhattan
Now that you have an idea of what our virtual care has to offer, if you are seeking sports medicine Manhattan, contact us today for a telemedicine consultation! NYSMI is ready to provide the care you need right at your fingertips.