Telehealth to the Rescue: Telehealth May Reduce Physician Burnout While Increasing Job Satisfaction

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Certintell Telehealth, a company focused on empowering safety-net providers with telehealth solutions, is sharing some benefits health centers may see when implementing telehealth.

With the current state of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019), restrictions are being put in place encouraging citizens to self-isolate while, elsewhere, hospital beds are filling up faster than some hospitals can handle. Now more than ever the benefits of telehealth can be a much-needed relief on the already-stressed health care industry.

Prior to the advent of COVID-19, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) prioritized physician burnout with the current administration's Cut the Red Tape initiative to "reduce overly burdensome regulations across the federal government."¹ With that said, telehealth is one tool health centers can use to reduce burnout during these challenging times with benefits including:

Expanded Access to Care: Telehealth increases access to health care, allowing patients in need to be reached remotely.

Shorter Wait Times: Telehealth can decrease wait times by 15 minutes per visit.² This allows physicians to make informed care decisions without feeling pressured to move on to the next patient immediately.

Reduced Readmissions: Hospitals reported 14% lower readmission rates after implementing telehealth services.³ Lower readmission rates decrease the amount of paperwork and administrative work physicians need to do.

See expanded benefits of telehealth, here. 

¹ "CMS Seeks Public Input on Patients over Paperwork Initiative to Further Reduce Administrative, Regulatory Burden to Lower Healthcare Costs." CMS, 6 June 2019, https://go.cms.gov/2J36GKF.

² Fairchild, Roseanne Moody, et al. "Telehealth Decreases Rural Emergency Department Wait Times for Behavioral Health Patients in a Group of Critical Access Hospitals." Telemedicine Journal and e-Health : the Official Journal of the American Telemedicine Association, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8 Feb. 2019, https://bit.ly/2xaryNq.

³ O'Connor, Melissa, et al. "Using Telehealth to Reduce All-Cause 30-Day Hospital Readmissions among Heart Failure Patients Receiving Skilled Home Health Services." Applied Clinical Informatics, 20 Apr. 2016, https://bit.ly/3diCHw8.

About Certintell
Founded in 2014, Certintell is a rapidly growing care management company that enables safety-net providers to make a lasting impact on the health of underserved patients through a spectrum of comprehensive health IT solutions, including telehealth, to achieve the goals of the health care Quadruple Aim.

SOURCE Certintell Inc.

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