Most Patients Needs can be met via video visits
Kaiser Permanente analyzed 201,383 scheduled video visits. These visits involved 152,809 patients. The most important finding of this research… Kaiser found that 93 percent of patients who responded to the survey said the connected care encounter met their needs.
Tele-Health is finally making strides in California and Kaiser is leading the way. Kaiser has always focused on efficiency and it is no surprise they are the first to show the success of Tele-Health.
Kaiser Telehealth Data
Visits in medicine, pediatrics, dermatology, after-hours care, and psychiatry accounted for 77% of all video visits; 2796 primary care providers conducted a video visit (median, 17 visits per primary care provider). More than 90% of patients with a video visit had accessed in-person health care in the previous year (Table S1 in the Supplementary Appendix, available with the full text of this letter at NEJM.org). Among 81,549 adult primary care video visits, 70% were with the patient’s own primary care provider.
Keaton Marks is the owner and CEO at HealthyMarks including the medicare team. Keaton was born and raised in Encinitas. He often rode his bike through town and to the local beaches like Moonlight. Keaton knows it is important to have a local resource, someone who understands the area, the hospitals and networks of doctors. Keaton is proud to be a local Medicare broker who is able to assist the people in his town when selecting medicare plans.
Keaton believes one thing above all else: “Medicare is confusing… but it doesn’t have to be! That is where HealthyMarks Medicare comes in” Please contact me with any questions.