As the complexity of patients requiring hospital care increases, the need for dedicated clinicians to oversee their management can be addressed by Avel eCare hospitalist services. On call 24/7, Avel board-certified hospitalists and registered nurses are available to assist local care teams with the management of complex medical and surgical patients who are 18 years and older.

From evaluating changes in health status and improving efficiency and timeliness of care to increasing admissions and reducing burnout among staff, Avel eCare Hospitalist can be configured to suit needs of a wide array of hospitals and health systems.

Since the launch of Avel eCare Hospitalist in 2017, Avel has:

• Reduced the number of times that local providers had to come in while on call or working in the clinic by 90 percent
• Averaged less than 10 minutes in wait time for patients

Avera eCARE® is a national leader in virtual health care with a proven 25-year record in visionary thinking. We’re using innovation to find new ways to connect our specialty care providers to health systems — both large and small.

AristaMD’s eConsult Platform empowers primary care providers with clinical work-up checklists and the ability to conduct eConsults with specialists to collaborate on care plans in a matter of hours.

AristaMD offers its clients unique tools for facilitating electronic consultations, often called eConsults and in-network specialist referrals that offer great value and rapid ROI, typically within 30 days of the rollout. eConsults enable higher-level care at a lower cost than the traditional delivery model. 

Health systems access AristaMD's platform to improve workforce efficiency while reducing costs. This interoperable platform can be used alone or integrated with any EHR without disrupting a hospital's clinical workflow. AristaMD offers a team of Registered Nurse Navigators (RNNs) to support the implementation and ongoing routing of eConsults. Using a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform, RNNs identify referral and follow-up requests that are appropriate for eConsult, route these requests to the appropriate specialist and return the recommendations to the patient's primary care provider for treatment.  

eConsult services are typically used by health systems to lower readmission rates and manage emergency department and discharge follow-up.

Partner sites receive a mobile cart equipped with everything needed for an Avel eCare Hospitalist virtual visit. The cart and its accompanying technology were intentionally designed to be convenient, user-friendly and secure so that local care teams can easily transfer it from room to room.

1. The Avel team implements secure, interactive, high-definition video and audio equipment and software into the facility and trains staff
2. When providers need hospitalist assistance, they simply call to connect 24/7/365 with our team, who respond immediately from our virtual hospital hub
3. Avel staff clarifies what level of support is being requested and can help with as much or as little as needed

Although the Avel team becomes part of the local medical staff, credentialed and privileged to direct patient care, they don’t replace the bedside team. Instead, Avel collaborates with and supplements the team in order to provide the best possible care for patients

• Training and launch are typically achieved in less than 30 days
• ROI achieve within 30 days of launch
• Minimal IT support for the launch and usage of the platform
• Reduces referral routing and follow-up burden for hospital 
• eConsult management is available using AristaMD's Registered Nurse Navigators via a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform.
• System agnostic/interoperable
• EHR Integration is available but not required
• Use your specialists or the AristaMD panel to respond to eConsults

• High-quality eConsults that replace 70% of the need for face-to-face specialist visits 
• Quality monitoring based on KPIs defined by clients - new diagnosis, influenced care plan, replaced visits, cost savings, etc.
• Asynchronous consultation using the patient's case history (compared to curbside consultation with no PHI) results in better diagnosis and treatment recommendations
• Partnered with national health insurance providers (BCBS, Cigna, UHC, etc.).
• Licensed specialists are available to support Medicaid and Medicare use cases. 
• 10+ years in operation