Choice Telemed for Healthcare

Choice Telemed is a managed network that provides healthcare professionals with Telemedicine services that are quick to set up, easy to use, and require minimal capital investment.

Choice Telemed securely combines high quality videoconferencing and real-time physiological data with a managed network application that controls session connections, scheduling, and data management. The web-based technology can be run on either pre-configured Choice Telemed terminals or standard desktop and laptop computers.  Medical devices such as blood pressure monitors, electronic stethoscopes, microscopes, and pulse oximeters can be connected to the Choice Telemed terminals, enabling healthcare professionals to provide remote services to a wide spectrum of patients.

Choice Telemed - The “Plug-and-Play” Telemedicine Network

The benefits of Telemedicine and the cost-savings to healthcare systems that use it have been widely reported. The medical press as well as the mass media often report new advances in the remote delivery of medical care assisted by Telemedicine technology. However, issues such as capital cost and technological complexity have kept Telemedicine out of the reach of many medical practices. The Choice Telemed managed Telemedicine network was developed with these issues in mind and provides medical practices or healthcare providers with the ability to offer advanced Telemedicine services quickly, easily, and for any number of patients – without having to invest in expensive network infrastructures or dedicated equipment.

How it works

The Choice Telemed application is hosted on a web-based managed network. Customers use a simple interface to control all aspects of the their Telemedical consultations, including; user and profile management, appointment scheduling, reporting, and billing. The managed network application controls all the “back-office” type work such as security, user identification and addressing, point-to-point connections, and system usage. Once a user has installed the Choice Telemed software on their PC, or purchased a dedicated Choice Telemed terminal, simply connect to any broadband Internet connection and run the Choice Telemed software. The network takes care of the rest – you are automatically connected to the network and are ready to start having Choice Telemed sessions.

Flexible and portable - Telemedicine on the go

Choice Telemed takes advantage of the ongoing improvements in computer technology and, widely available broadband Internet access to give healthcare professionals and patients a wide range of options for delivering and receiving medical consultations. Doctors can monitor patients remotely in their homes or work places. School or daycare staff can consult with medical professionals when a child becomes sick or injured. Elderly residents in assisted living facilities can receive quick and accurate medical evaluations from offsite doctors and specialists. Doctors can expand the reach of their medical practise to offer retail-based remote consultations in pharmacies or remote clinics.

These are a few examples of how Choice Telemed can enhance the delivery of medical services by providing healthcare professionals with a Telemedicine network that is accessible, inexpensive, and easy to use.

Sample Scenarios

Here are some additional scenarios where Choice Telemed can help to improve and expand an institution’s medical services:

Remote Chronic Care: Increase and improve contact and follow-up with chronic care patients in their own home

Retail Medicine:  provide specialist, or “after hours” consultations at retail-based clinics or pharmacies

Dedicated patient populations: provide remote consultations and follow up care to fixed patient groups in centralized locations like schools, businesses or seniors residences

Enhanced Medical Services: offer remote consultations and follow up care services for patients with specialized needs