Home Care Services

Rob Marchuk
Vice President Ancillary Services
  • Allows health care professionals to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients in both remote and urban locations by leveraging telecommunications technology
  • Umbrella term for the group of services and functions that include telemedicine, telepharmacy, teleICU, teleradiology, and telepathology, but which also includes and can support regional health information sharing, patient education and provider networking
  • In 2013, Adventist Health began a collaboration with Blue Shield of California to bring needed specialty care to rural communities throughout Central and Northern California through the use of telemedicine
  • The TeleHealth Network installed interactive video technology in nine rural health clinics and will expand to more than 25 rural communities by the end of 2014e
  • Telemedicine provides patients with access to high-quality, affordable specialty care when and where they need it, aiding in rapid diagnosis, treatment and improved patient outcomes
  • Developed collaborative agreement with Blue Shield of California to launch telemedicine in 25 rural communities
  • Established nine telemedicine sites, staffed and trained all care coordinators
  • Created TeleHealth Care Coordination Center for scheduling, billing and follow-up care
  • Defined, contracted and trained physician specialists for 11 medical specialties
  • Telepharmacy staffed six full-time and one per-diem pharmacists for overnight coverage, seven days per week
  • Telepharmacy performed 349,527 order entries and documented 6,902 interventions
  • Provided more than 1,000 medical specialty services via telehealth to inmate patients from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

DESCRIPTION

Rob Marchuk
Vice President Ancillary Services

  • Allows health care professionals to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients in both remote and urban locations by leveraging telecommunications technology
  • Umbrella term for the group of services and functions that include telemedicine, telepharmacy, teleICU, teleradiology, and telepathology, but which also includes and can support regional health information sharing, patient education and provider networking
  • In 2013, Adventist Health began a collaboration with Blue Shield of California to bring needed specialty care to rural communities throughout Central and Northern California through the use of telemedicine
  • The TeleHealth Network installed interactive video technology in nine rural health clinics and will expand to more than 25 rural communities by the end of 2014e
  • Telemedicine provides patients with access to high-quality, affordable specialty care when and where they need it, aiding in rapid diagnosis, treatment and improved patient outcomes

Key Statistics

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Developed collaborative agreement with Blue Shield of California to launch telemedicine in 25 rural communities
  • Established nine telemedicine sites, staffed and trained all care coordinators
  • Created TeleHealth Care Coordination Center for scheduling, billing and follow-up care
  • Defined, contracted and trained physician specialists for 11 medical specialties
  • Telepharmacy staffed six full-time and one per-diem pharmacists for overnight coverage, seven days per week
  • Telepharmacy performed 349,527 order entries and documented 6,902 interventions
  • Provided more than 1,000 medical specialty services via telehealth to inmate patients from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation