How Ambulatory Services are alleviating the Stress on Hospitals, Especially during High Outpatient Inflow?

 

Ambulatory Services include everything from emergency room services, doctor's office visits, and in-home care to rehabilitation. These are provided by trained staff using modern technology. There has been a large focus on reducing costs in the health care industry over the past decade. Telematics and ambulatory services refer to the same thing, i.e. tracking the health status of the patient through tracking devices attached to the person's body. The difference between these two services lies in the fact that ambulatory services go out for patients who can't stay in hospitals for one or more reasons. 

Hospitals can't be expected to monitor the health of every individual who visits them on an outpatient basis. This is why telematics became the preferred choice for monitoring all such individuals. In addition to this, there are also various other benefits attached to this kind of service. For one, it saves money since it doesn't need to pay for the services of a healthcare provider. The device is also far less bulky than a hospital machine as they are very easy to mount on the ceiling. Hospitals can also be disadvantageous when it comes to monitoring a patient on an outpatient basis. Firstly, they are unable to make sure that the person has taken his medicine within the prescribed time since they cannot access the patient's records at the hospital the same day he is admitted.

On the contrary, if the patient is discharged after his medication, chances are high that the medicines prescribed could interfere with each other. In this kind of situation, the hospital will be in a position of interfering with a medical professional's work. Telematics ensures that Ambulatory Services can be offered on the same-day of admission and even on the same day of release from the hospital. This is very helpful for the healthcare providers as well as the patients. The ambulatory services have evolved over the years with innovations in various countries including the U.S., Italy, and the U.K. Recently, AMSURG developed a toolkit to guide ambulatory surgery centers so as to provide safe and quality patient care.



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