Ascension boosts virtual visits for non-coronavirus patients during pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed day-to-day job duties for people across the world.

TMJ4 NEWS STARTED THE REBOUNDMILWAUKEE TO HELP YOU GET BACKTO WORK.

AT HOSPITALS ACROSSOUR AREA... CORONAVIRUSDERAILED TRADITIONAL, MEDICALAPPOINTMENTS AND CHECK UPS.PETE ZERVAKIS JOINS US WITHHOW SOME DOCTORS HAVEADAPTED...JUST LIKE MANY OF US HAVE BEENUSING ZOOM... OR FACE-TIME...FOR WORK-RELATED MEETINGS...ASCENSION WISCONSIN HAS BEENRELYING HEAVILY ONTELEMEDICINE TO TREAT NON-CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS.FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS... GARYPAYNE HAS BEEN SEEING DR. DIRKSTEINERT FOR HIS ANNUAL CHECKUP.

BUT THIS YEAR'S EXAM ...GARY PAYNE PATIENT 7:58 thiswas an adventure for me - i'm73 years old HAPPENED OVERVIDEOCONFERENCE.

ASCENSIONMEDICAL GROUP HASSIGNIFICANTLY BOOSTED ITSTELEHEALTH PROGRAM... TO TREATNON-CORONAVIRUS PATIENTSDURING THIS PANDEMIC.

FROM MID-MARCH UNTIL JUNE 1ST ... THEREWERE MORE THAN 107-THOUSANDVIRTUAL APPONTMENTS LIKEGARY'S.

DR. DIRK STEINERTPHYSICIAN, ASCENSION MEDICALGROUP WISCONSIN 16:15 there'snothing like a burningplatform to cause change andof course this burningplatform of the COVID pandemichas given many opps.

To lookat what we're doing, and howwe can do it better DR.STEINERT ACKNOWLDGES SOMEASPECTS OF A PHYSICAL EXAMDON''T TRANSLATE TO VIDEOCHAT.

DR. DIRK STEINERTPHYSICIAN, ASCENSION MEDICALGROUP WISCONSIN 28:18 it's alittle more difficult to lookinto a child's ear BUT ONEADDED BENEFIT: HE GETS TO LOOKINTO A PATIENT'S HOME ... ANDSEE WHAT THEY'RE EATING ...WHERE THEY'RE LIVING... DR.DIRK STEINERT PHYSICIAN,ASCENSION MEDICAL GROUPWISCONSIN 24:14 it's really away of doing a home visit(BUTT TOGETHER) 25:26 do i seethe throw rug on the floor andsay "hey, that's a trippinghazard - you're 92 years old"GARY SAYS ADOPTING TO THISáVIRTUAL WAY OF DOING THINGS-- IS THE ONLY WAY TO MOVEFORWARD IN THE MIDDLE OF APANDEMIC.... GARY PAYNEPATIENT 9:29 if you don't gowith the times, you don't gethelp to make the change,you're going to be left behindSO HERE'S YOUR REBOUNDRUNDOWN... -TELEHEALTH VISITSARE UP ... TO MINIMIZE NON-CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS COMING INTO CLINICS - THEY WORK WELLFOR BASIC CHECK UPS - AND ALSOPROVIDE A DOCTOR WITHIMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUTSOMEONE'S LIVING CONDITIONS.AND ONE ADDED BONUS: FOLLOW-UPAPPOINTMENTS CAN HAPPEN MOREQUICKLY VIA TELEMEDICINE.SOMETIMES A PATIENT CAN VIDEOCHAT WITH A SPECIALIST AS SOONAS 30 MINUTES AFTER AN INITIALEXAM OR CHECK UP.AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING FORRESOURCES TO HELP FIND AJOB... BALANCE YOUR BUDGET ORMANAGE THE PRESSURE THISPANDEMIC HAS PUT ON YOURFAMILY... HEAD TO TMJ4 DOT COMSLASH REBOUND.