It’s cliche to say, this year is moving fast. It’s also hectic and exciting. It seems everyone in the digital health market is somehow participating in a rapidly changing cross-section between patients demanding direct access to manage their care and health systems trying to answer with better, easier systems.
This is a good thing. Demand is driving a bit of chaos, and better solutions will evolve.
On the heels of OPMED in San Antonio two weeks ago, Team Outpatient is hitting the road for Portland and the MHS Conference. MHS is a four day event sponsored by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, the Honorable Dr Lester Martinez-Lopez. For the Military Health System, it’s their big event of the year.
In the short time between these two events, our team has taken the feedback received at OPMED and developed a new technology advancement that we will introduce this week in Portland. Teaser Alert!
Big update from Outpatient and our partners at Travis Air Force Base.Next week, we are introducing a big update to The Scheduler Platform currently in use at Travis Air Force Base.
When deployers have completed all of their necessary medical readiness checklists, Airmen are then granted medical clearance, and their Commanders are notified that they are cleared for duty.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has been a sea change for everyone. Our fantastic community of customers, caregivers, employees, friends and families are all facing new challenges and major disruptions to how we’ve traditionally lived, worked, and thrived.
We are hard at work at Outpatient adding new features to our app that are all about you, the caregiver, and your Tribe.
The Numbers for Caregivers
16.6% of Americans or at least 39.8 million caregivers provide care for an adult (age 18 or older) with a disability or illness, according to the National Alliance of Caregiving and AARP.
The AARP has said, “many caregivers put their own health and financial security at risk for the sake of their loved ones. They often feel isolated at work or in their communities, unsure of where to go for resources or support”.
Our goal is always to simplify the Outpatient Health experience for patients and families. We also aim to make your life easier and healthier.
New Updates
Here are some new updates and features that we want to share to help achieve that:
Pass The Torch: We know the life of a caregiver is stressful and sometimes you need a hand. Our new feature, Pass The Torch, gives Mom the Caregiver a break. Now she can use the Outpatient App to make another person in her Tribe a Champion, and take a much needed respite. Periods of respite are healthy for caregivers and are important to maintain your own well-being as one.
My Health Wallet: There is nothing worse than needing your health information and realizing you left your insurance card or doctor information at home. Move all your health history into a consolidated and secure Health Wallet with Outpatient. Manage Medications, Medical Teams and Insurance all in one place. Secure and easy to access with all the information needed at your fingertips.
Direct Messaging: We are excited to add Direct Messaging as a feature in the Outpatient app. You can now message one individual person in your group for sensitive conversations or messages relevant to just that person. Check up on someone in your Tribe easily within the Outpatient app.
My mom could do nothing but lie in bed after breaking her ankle. For trips to the bathroom, doctor and physical therapy, and all her basic needs she relied on my dad. Providing such physically-demanding support 24/7 was hardly feasible for my elderly dad, let alone for my brother and I. The solution? Pass the torch.