Telehealth Services in Minneapolis, MN

Telehealth is known by many different names including telemedicine, virtual video visits, and more. Telehealth uses digital and communication technologies like computers and mobile devices to access healthcare services remotely to manage your healthcare.

These technologies can be used from the comfort of your home or work and are used to improve or support your healthcare services.

Telehealth may be beneficial to you and your health by:

Offering online patient portals
Patient portals are offered as an alternative to email to provide private medical information to the specific patient.

Virtual appointments
Virtual appointments enable you to remotely see your doctor or nurse via online video presence. You can access ongoing care regularly with your healthcare clinic when you are unable to make an in-clinic visit or if it is not required to visit the clinic.

Remote monitoring of your health
Your healthcare team can monitor your health remotely through telehealth appointments as well as:

Web-based or mobile apps for uploading information like patient portals

Devices that measure and wirelessly transmit your information such as blood pressure, blood glucose, or lung function

Wearable devices that automatically record and transmit your information to your healthcare team such as heart rate, blood glucose, gait, posture control, tremors, physical activity, or sleep patterns

Home monitoring devices for older people or people with dementia help to detect changes in their normal activities including falls

Doctors are easily able to communicate with one another

This comes incredibly handy if your doctor needs to provide important information concerning your health to a specialist who may be collaborating in your care alongside your general doctor.

Telehealth is the extensive use of electronic records and information along with telecommunication technologies to provide long-distance healthcare including transferring patient health education and resources, public health, and even health administration. Telehealth can be delivered in several ways including:

Video consults and video conferencing
Mobile health
Remote health monitoring
Other services

Telemedicine offers the delivery of clinical care to patients. Telemedicine offers clinical care through telecommunication technologies that may include:

Remote video conferencing for supporting your diagnosis, treatment, and/or prevention of diseases or injuries

Remote monitoring and support of our patient’s medical conditions

Post-op follow-ups through video conferencing or phone calls

Post-op transmission of vitals such as blood pressure data, ECG, and blood sugar levels collected through wireless devices

Remote video conference calls with medical specialists and coordination of our patient’s care via online communication platforms

Remote managing of any chronic conditions our patients may be dealing with

Technology is continuously evolving and offering us even more uses than we could have ever imagined possible. This is helping the healthcare sector in numerous ways to be able to stay in contact with our patients during their care with us, a great example is through the coronavirus pandemic. We were still able to monitor or help our patients throughout the pandemic and still do telehealth services, allowing them to stay home if need be.

Telehealth also offers other benefits including cost savings, convenience, and the ability to provide care to people with mobility limitations or those based in more rural areas who may not have access to a local doctor or local clinic where they are.

Our telehealth service appointments offer you an opportunity to meet with our trusted professional medical providers by phone or video, while you stay comfortable at home or work.

No matter your needs, Blue Crescent Urgent Care is here for you. We provide telehealth appointments for most of our services.

If you are interested in a telehealth appointment and do not see a service you wish to access via our list above, call us today. We will be more than happy to try to arrange custom telehealth appointments for you if you need them.

For more information, please call us or book an appointment online. We serve patients from Minneapolis MN, Mendota MN, Edina MN, Lauderdale MN, Golden Valley MN, St Paul MN, and BEYOND!