Telehealth for Rural America

^{Connect to caregiver patient care}

^{Our connect-to-patient program is designed to allow health care providers to directly connect to the patient remotely.
Connect-to-patient focuses on methods that utilize regional approaches, networks, health information technology, telehealth, or telemedicine to deliver services to individuals in rural areas and underserved environments.}

^{What is Telehealth}

^{Telehealth is defined as the use of electronic information and telecommunication technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health, and health administration.
Technologies include video conferencing, the internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless communications.}

^{Health Risk Assessments}

^{Annual wellness exams provide baseline data on an individual's health through the acquisition
of vital statistics and complete blood analysis. The exams give a more specific look at a person's health status and can better identify immediate threats to
their well-being or elevated risks for chronic diseases.
A health risk assessment (HRA) is used to evaluate an individual's health risks and quality of life. The HRA serves as the first step in determining a person's risk factors
for chronic disease or acute, potentially life-threatening conditions, but does not include blood draws for lab analysis. An HRA provides patients with valuable information
regarding their health and provides tools necessary to move towards a healthier lifestyle.

1. Assess health status.

2. Estimate the level of health risk.

3. Provides feedback for improvement to health.}

Rural Edge HRAs

^{Community rates for rural and underserved communities.}
^{Special 2.36 rates for companies that meet the following criteria.}
^{THE ROLE OF AN HRA IN POPULATION HEALTH:}
^{Health risk assessments are viewed it as "the health outcome of
a group of individuals,including the distribution of such outcomes within the group."
Population health as practiced today encompasses community and healthcare entities and individuals working together
to improve health outcomes of the populations they serve. It has evolved from being primarily focused on the measurement
of outcomes to now include an emphasis on comprehensive efforts, targeted outcomes, and collective responsibility.
It includes the personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence the distribution of health outcomes,
and the policies and interventions that affect those factors.}

^{Annual Wellness Visits}

^{Annual wellness exams provide baseline data on an individual's health through the acquisition of vital statistics and complete blood analysis.
The exams give a more specific look at a person's health status and can better identify immediate threats to their well-being or elevated risks for chronic diseases.

Provides baseline data.

Vital statistics & blood analysis.

Complete health overview.

Annual wellness exams from Total Wellness provide key data on the following conditions along with a color-coded risk system that
encourages patient and privider to act when certain risk factors or needs for immediate medical attention are detected.
Blood Glucose
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