{"id":3041,"date":"2020-04-30T03:50:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T03:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionhealth-blog.local\/?p=3041"},"modified":"2024-08-13T02:14:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T02:14:59","slug":"easing-the-burden-on-strained-health-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orionhealth.com\/au\/blog\/easing-the-burden-on-strained-health-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Easing the burden on strained health systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the face\nof the pandemic COVID-19, health officials are urging individuals to work\nremotely, wash hands regularly and maintain social distancing. Hospital leaders\nmust make time-sensitive, critical decisions about clinical operations and\nresource allocations during this pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this\nunprecedented burden placed on the health system, hospitals are setting their\nprimary focus on asking people to stay at home and social distance as much as\npossible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Managing patients safely\nat home<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>By\nscreening individuals who only display mild symptoms, health systems can\nreserve hospital resources for those who are infected and other vulnerable\npatients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtual\nservices, like online symptom-checking tools and remote consults with\nclinicians, can safely manage patients with mild symptoms at home, saving\nvaluable hospital resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virtual care adoption increases<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Increasingly,\nclinicians and health systems worldwide are racing to adopt virtualised\ntreatment approaches, that avoid the need for physical meetings between\npatients and health providers to reduce the risk of infection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In shifting\ntowards virtualised care in response to COVID-19, healthcare planners worldwide\nare advising patients to seek clinician help online rather than in-person to ease\nthe pressure on hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can Orion Health help\nalleviate the pressure on hospitals?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Orion Health has developed a&nbsp;comprehensive pandemic&nbsp;Outbreak Management solution&nbsp;to assess, manage and monitor patients to alleviate demand on health systems.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our Manage module focuses on keeping the worried-well at home and managing those with<br>symptoms safely at home, only escalating care to the hospital if it\u2019s required.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The first step addresses the public\nwho are worried they might have COVID-19. With an online symptom-checker tool,\ntailored question trees, forms and one-to-one consultations, individuals can\nrun a quick self-assessment and get basic advice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If individuals are experiencing mild\nsymptoms, they are onboarded onto our Virtual Care solution that enables patients\nto self-manage their condition and clinicians to safely engage and manage\npatients using video consultations and virtual communications by exception. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If individuals with mild symptoms\nstart to worsen, alerts and dashboards highlight the patient so clinicians can\nassess and manage the patient virtually at an appropriate level to their\ncondition, before they are escalated to the hospital for increased care. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The health\nsystem can now manage and focus on the most at-risk and reserve the need for escalation\nto the hospital to those who most need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Want to know more about our Outbreak Management solution?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/orionhealth.com\/au\/contact\/\">Contact an expert<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the face of the pandemic COVID-19, health officials are urging individuals to work remotely, wash hands regularly and maintain social distancing. 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