LiveCare Clinic
LiveCare Clinic is an innovative health care delivery system that provides patients with on-demand access to a national network of registered nurses, board certified physicians and licensed therapists.
We provide the patient with the care needed, when needed. LiveCare Clinic simulates in-person consultations with nurses and doctors round–the-clock via phone, video, web or secure email, as well as via monitoring devices. This allows for assessment, advice and diagnosis of a wide range of common conditions, regardless of location. The secure web portal facilitates prescriptions and communications among clinical personnel, care-givers, patients and their authorized family members.
Leading the Way
LiveCare Clinic is a joint venture between two established leaders with over 20 years combined experience in the healthcare industry— URAC-accredited FONEMED and MDLIVE.
FONEMED®
FONEMED operates a continent-wide network of Registered Nurses chosen and trained to apply information technology to healthcare. Clients include the US and Canadian governments, insurers, leading hospital, university medical centers and thousands of medical practices. FONEMED has served over one million callers.
MDLIVE
MDLIVE has a nationwide network of U.S. board-certified physicians providing general medical care as well as licensed therapists. Individual and group plans are available, along with a technology platform for hospitals and physicians who want to incorporate online patient care into their practice.
ACCESS TO LiveCare Clinic
LiveCare Clinic improves patient outcomes and reduces costs for individuals, self-insured employers, third party administrators, insurers, governments and others. It is an ideal addition to member benefits packages. Private employers can benefit because, by providing workers with access to round-the-clock health information and guidance, they achieve a reduction in overall healthcare costs and the number of workdays lost. Insurance companies and other payers benefit through redirection of their numbers from high-cost ER visits to physician visits, and from physician visits to home care, thus providing a significant return on investment (ROI).
By using the same model as brick-and-mortar medical practices employing health service receptionists, registered nurses and physicians, LiveCare Clinic is able to provide a more cost-effective and time-sensitive response than can physicians or nurses alone.
Our Health Service Representatives answer all calls live, round-the-clock. They direct callers requiring prescription assistance or immediate physician access to a board-certified physician. Otherwise, a Registered Nurse takes the call, works through the caller’s symptoms and, using computerized medical protocols designed by Dr. Barton Schmitt and Dr. David Thompson, recommends a course of action. This could mean directing the caller to the ER/Urgent Care or to a regularly scheduled appointment with his or her doctor. The majority of the time, however, the caller can be provided with health information or home care advice that may make a trip to a healthcare provider unnecessary. The caller can also request additional review by a LiveCare Clinic physician.
Subscription Plans
Members or employers pay a monthly fee for access to the LiveCare Clinic based on anticipated annual utilization. The cost of doctor calls can be built into the anticipated utilization fee or billed as a co-pay to the subscriber. The anticipated utilization fee includes calls with the Registered Nurses and Health Service Representatives at no additional charge.
More information is at www.livecareclinic.com
