Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital (UH Rainbow) http://RainbowBabies.org has again teamed up with HealthSpot® www.healthspot.net to offer patients access to board-certified pediatricians after hours and close to home. The first UH Rainbow HealthSpot station opened in fall 2013.
Located on the campus of University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland Ohio, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital is a 244 bed full service children’s hospital and academic medical center dedicated to the healthcare needs of children.
Rainbow Care Connection, UH Rainbow’s pediatric ACO targets more than 68,000 children receiving Medicaid benefits with a record of high rates of emergency room visits, complex chronic conditions, and significant behavioral health problems.
UH Rainbow HealthSpot stations are supported by a $12.7 million Healthcare Innovation Award made to UH Rainbow from the CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation program aimed at improving the delivery of healthcare to children in northeast Ohio while reducing costs.
The UH Rainbow HealthSpot station is a cutting-edge telehealth system developed to connect patients to UH Rainbow pediatric experts seven days a week via a private walk-in kiosk.
Each UH Rainbow HealthSpot station is an 8 by 5 foot enclosed kiosk furnished with a desktop, touch screen, audio system, and a two-way high-definition video screen. The kiosk provides a true-to-life virtual visit that connects patients with a board-certified pediatrician from UH Rainbow who is miles away. Each station is supported by an accredited medical assistant who can help the patient as needed.
Inside the UH Rainbow HealthSpot station, a scale is built into the floor to record weight, has a blood pressure cuff, thermometer, stethoscope and other medical devices. With the push of a button, the doctor can unlock small cabinets that hold high-tech, digital medical devices to transmit information, audio, video, and photos back through a secured connectivity data system.
The pediatrician is able to review medical information with the patient, discuss symptoms, diagnose and treat, and recommend follow-up care. The doctor can capture, save, and even annotate the images with notes and share information with the patient’s primary care physician, specialist, or insert information in the patient’s own records. The stations automatically create a complete EMR for each visit.
“It is truly rewarding for us to expand our partnership with University Hospitals and extend access to quality care for children in another convenient location within the community,” said Steve Cashman, HealthSpot CEO. “We are going to be able to improve continuity of care between visits by increasing access to UH Rainbow’s excellent pediatricians.”