Nebraska’s Memorial Health Care Systems https://www.mhcs.us, located in Seward Nebraska has a larger population of young millennials than many rural health systems. To connect with the community in ways that meet the digital access needs and preferences of the younger generation, the healthcare system has partnered with Bryan Telemedicine www.bryanhealth.com in Lincoln Nebraska to offer virtual healthcare services.
A Case Study titled “Partnership Enables Hospital to Provide Local Access to 24/7 Healthcare through Telemedicine” published by Bryan Health and Memorial Health Care Systems, discusses how this partnership helps their early adopter partners at Concordia University in Nebraska.
Memorial Health Care Systems, comprises a 24 bed critical access hospital with numerous inpatient and outpatient services, three primary clinics, and a pharmacy. The partnership with Bryan focuses on making healthcare more accessible through same day clinic visits, by providing an online portal and scheduling app, thus enabling the Memorial Health Care Systems ezVisit a telemedicine component.
Memorial’s ezVisit adds 24/7 access to a virtual care solution for patients with non-emergent health concerns. The online tool connects patients in and around Seward with a board-certified physician employed by Bryan Telemedicine, who promptly reviews the patient’s information and provides a diagnosis via text or email.
Due in part to the collaborative partnership with Concordia University more than 100 people registered for Memorial’s ezVisit in its first year. The hospital also reports a reduction in the percentage of emergency room visits for routing health concerns.
The partnership with Bryan Telemedicine provides a valuable service since evidence shows by web traffic analytics that many people are clicking through the Memorial ezVisit interface from the health systems’ website.
Go to https://www.bryanhealth.com/app/files/public/3079/bryan-rural-memorial-compendum.pdf to view the case study.