Video Consults for Endocrinology
Its clear to all that we’re living a national shortage of healthcare providers – some have gone on to call it an Public Health crisis.
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) estimates (March 2023) that the United States will face a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2034. This shortage is expected to span both primary- and specialty-care fields. The shortage is projected to increase by 37,800 to 124,000 physicians within 12 years
The shortage is driven by increasing demand for physician services, particularly population growth and aging. The workforce shortage has been increasing since before the COVID-19 pandemic and accelerated at an even more alarming rate thereafter.
California, Florida, and Texas are the three states expected to have the greatest estimated physician shortage by 2030.
More than 46 million Americans, or 15 percent of the U.S. population, live in rural areas
Today, Rural areas make up nearly two-thirds of primary care health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) in the country. Rural residents are more likely to die from heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke. About 20 percent of Americans live in rural areas, but barely one-tenth of physicians practice there.
We created Video Consults to help address this coverage gap by fusing together technology with medical experts spanning a wide geography. We’ve created an Ophthalmology practice and are now on our way to focus on Endocrinology needs of the nation.
Why Endocrinology?
The number of endocrinologists who treat adults is not growing nearly fast enough to keep up with the surging demand driven by a growing and aging population compounded by the continuing obesity epidemic. There has been a shortage of practitioners in the field of Endocrinology for many years. The continuing obesity pandemic, growth in diabetes and other endocrine disorders has only made the situation worse.
“The wait time for a new patient to be seen is much greater than in almost any other specialty in medicine by a factor of two.
Robert A. Vigersky, MD (cited from Endocrine news, Dec 2014)
You can get in to see a cardiologist in 15 days, but it’ll take you 37 days to get in to see an endocrinologist,”
How does Video Consults help?
- Our platform enables healthcare institutions to improve access and reach to specialty services
- Enables the provider to request a specialty service on-demand. Greater reach to specialists.
- Practitioner (specialist) gets ubiquitous reach without the need to travel away from their medical practice. Better quality of life for the practitioner.
- Access to expert consultation is received quicker, faster and more economically.
- Patients receive a higher level of care.
Our Endocrinology service line is yet another way in which Video Consults continues to deliver on HealthOcta’s mission of fusing expertise in technology and medicine to help healthcare providers deliver a higher level of care to their patients.
Get in touch. Join us & learn more.
We’re growing our Endocrinology practice are keen to engage with physicians across the country. Sign up to be part of our network of healthcare providers and we’ll get in touch to bring you on board. You may also request our team to get in touch