WELL YOU KNOW GOVERNOR LEE'S
ORDER EARLIER THIS WEEK.. ALL
NONESSENTIAL SURGERIES CANCELED
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
TENNESSEE UNTIL
APRIL 13TH IT GOT US TALKING IN
THE
NEWSROOM ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES
OF TREATMENT YOU MIGHT NEED
HERE'S A QUESTION WHAT DO YOU DO
IF YOU
SUFFER A STRAIN OR A SPRAIN OR
HEAVEN FORBID A BROKEN LEG
WELL TENNESSEE ORTHOPEDIC
CLINICS IS USING TELEMEDICINE TO
HELP PATIENTS OUT AND JOINING ME
NOW VIA FACETIME IS DOCTOR TRACY
PERSUT , DOCTOR THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US...
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
SO FIRST OF ALL SAY I HAVE A
SPRAIN
.. WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS TO
DIAGNOSE THAT AND TREAT IT
THROUGH TELEMEDICINE.. SO WHERE
WE START OFF IS YOU
CALL THE OFFICE TO MAKE AN
APPOINTMENT LIKE YOU NORMALLY
WOULD AND WHAT WE DO IS SET IT
UP
THROUGH THE NORMAL TIMING AND
WE'LL HAVE OUR OFFICE STAFF SET
UP THE INFORMATION TO HELP YOU
SET UP AN APP ON YOUR
PHONE OR YOUR COMPUTER TO HELP
YOU SIMILAR TO A FACETIME OF A
SKYPE SO THAT WE CAN SEE YOU AND
YOU CAN SEE US .. YOU'VE HAD
SOME
PATIENTS CALLING IN THROUGH THIS
METHOD ALREADY WHAT ARE SOME OF
THEIR MALADIES THAT THEIR
SUFFERING FROM HOW ARE YOU ABLE
TO HELP THEM. SO A LOT OF WHAT
WE'RE
SEEING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S
RELATIVELY NEW IS RECHECKS AND
POST DOCS SO IT PROVIDES THOSE
PATIENTS WHO WERE ALREADY
ESTABLISHED IN THE PRACTICE TO
FOLLOW UP WITHOUT HAVING
TO COME TO THE ACTUAL SITE. FOR
NEW PATIENTS WITH NEW COMPLAINTS
WE'RE WORKING ON SETTING UP
EXTRA
AVAILABILITY BECAUSE IT'S
DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE ANY
TYPE OF FRACTURE WITHOUT X-RAY
EVALUATION SO SOME OF THE
THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS
ESTABLISHING X- RAY APPOINTMENTS
SO THE PATIENT CAN COME IN IN A
MORE CONVENIENT SAFER
INTERACTION AND WE'LL SET UP THE
APPOINTMENT TO EVALUATE THEM
FACE TO FACE UTILIZING THE
TELEMEDICAL APP. AND YOU'RE
VERY
HANDS ON OBVIOUSLY FULL
DISCLOSURE I'VE BEEN A PATIENT
OF
YOUR S FOR AWHILE BROKEN FOOT
BROKEN ANKLE ALL KINDS OF STUFF
SO
THIS MUST BE EXTRA DIFFICULT FOR
YOU. IT IS KIND OF TOUGH.
LUCKILY
WE CAN SEE THE PATIENT SO I
THINK
IT HAS A PERSONAL TOUCH A LITTLE
BIT
MORE THAN A PHONE CALL.
OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO DIAGNOSE
PATIENTS YOU WANT TO ESTABLISH A
RAPOR WITH THEM SO I TRY TO
START THE APPOINTMENT WITH
JUST SEEING HOW THEY'RE DOING.
IT'S
KIND OF A SCARY TIME SO JUST
TOUCHING BASE WITH HOW THEY'RE
COPING WITH THE CHANGES AND THE
GOING INTO THE ACTUAL
APPOINTMENT AND WHAT THEY'VE
CALLED IN FOR. I KNOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING US IS
TELEMEDICINE COVERED BY THE
INSURANCE? SO WITH THE RECENT
CHANGES MEDICARE AND
MEDICAID HAVE APPROVED FOR A
TEMPORARY PERIOD OF TIME THAT
THEY
HOPEFULLY GOING FORWARD THEY
MAY CONTINUE IF THEY SEE IT'S AN
EFFECTIVE WAY OF TREATING
PATIENTS.. I THINK IT PROVIDES A
LOT OF
CONVENIENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T
GET OUT FOR SOME REASON, HAVE
DIFFICULTY WITH TRANSPORTATION
AFTER AN INJURY OR CAN'T GET
AWAY
FROM WORK SO IT CAN PROVIDE
ANOTHER MEANS OF PROVIDING CARE
WELL WE THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL
YOU'RE DOING TRACY PESUT THE
DOCTOR THERE AT TENNESSEE
ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC WE APPRECIATE
IT GOOD LUCK TO YOU IN THE DAYS
AHEAD
AND THANKS FOR KIND WORKING
AROUND THIS CHALLENGING TIME..
THANK YOU..
LORI:
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
HOW TO NAVIGATE HEALTH CARE
DURING THE PANDEMIC..AND ON
TELEMEDICINE THROUGH TENNESSEE
ORTHOPEDIC CLINICS..
YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE.. WATE
DOT COM..
BO:
COMING UP HERE AT FOUR..
THE UNITED STATES NOW HAS THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS
CASES... AHEAD OF ITALY AND
CHINA.. THE TOLL THE PANDEMIC IS
TAKING..