Anytime Pediatrics has partnered with a team of highly qualified and experienced registered nurses to answer patient calls when your pediatric practice is closed, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Anytime Pediatrics After-Hours Nurse Triage
Pediatric clinicians can rest easy knowing their patients are receiving safe and accurate care advice with every after-hours call, avoiding unnecessary and costly emergency room visits.
After-hours nurse triage drives revenue back to the practice and improves the medical home for the patient: only 5% of calls have the disposition, “Go to Emergency Department Now,” whereas the national call center average is 14%.
Provide a cutting-edge, virtual approach to nurse triage when your office is closed.
Why Switch to Virtual Nurse Triage?
Did you know that over 80% of after-hours nurse calls are made based on parent worry and do not need hands-on care?
When it comes to after-hours pediatric care, it’s crucial to differentiate between callers who need to talk with you immediately and those who can wait until the following day. Having to manage this within your practice doors means less time off for your clinicians who are always on call in the evenings and the weekends, and your office staff who is at odds trying to meet patient concerns while managing clinician schedules.
- Nurses can triage patients by phone or video
- Patients can be routed to a provider from your practice, a partner of choice, or have a next-day visit scheduled
- Anytime After-Hour nurses have over five years of ER or telephone triage experience
- Anytime After-Hours nurses follow Schmitt-Thompson Protocols
Is It Time to Upgrade Your After-Hours Care?
If your current after-hours program feels more like telephone tag with limited technology and a reliance on national call centers then it may be time for an upgrade.
Other obstacles to current after-hours programs can include:
- Difficult access for parents – Your patients may not be using your after-hours program because it is inconvenient, time-consuming, and there is too much of a delay in getting a callback.
- Over referral for care – Neither the on-call nurse nor the physician can see the patient from the medical home.
- Loss of revenue – Convenience is a driving factor in a parent’s decision-making process, and this has led to higher rates of retail clinic visits or self-diagnosing. These decisions decrease revenue for your practice and diminish the pediatrician-child relationship that is at the center of the medical home.
How Anytime After-Hours Works
When a child is sick, their parents can:
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Request a virtual visit with Anytime Pediatrics
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Call your pediatric practice to connect via phone to Anytime After Hours.
Connect with a nurse and:
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Discuss their concerns over the phone
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Be invited into a video visit
Be guided to the best place and time for care:
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Routed to their clinician
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Scheduled with their practice for a visit
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Routed to their clinician’s on-call partner
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Referred to an urgent care or ED
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What training and background have the nurses completed?
All nurses have a minimum of five years ER experience along with telephone triage experience.
What are their Emergency Department referral rates?
5% of calls have the disposition Go to ED Now, compared to the national call center average of 14%.
What types of practices and specialties can use Anytime Pediatrics?
Anytime Pediatrics works with individual pediatricians, pediatric group practices, pediatric clinically integrated networks, pediatric urgent cares, and children’s hospitals. Imagine a network of pediatric care centered around the medical home.
Is Anytime Pediatrics HIPAA compliant and encrypted?
Yes. Our solution is securely encrypted and all information is protected and shared in accordance with HIPAA compliance standards.
What is the call workflow and how are times of high volume handled?
We dynamically add coverage to high volume call times. Patient calls go directly to a nurse and if there isn’t a nurse available at the time, the caller will leave a voicemail for the nurse to return their call. 13% of our calls go to voicemail during times of high call volume; however, we do not roll calls to the MDs.
How does Anytime After Hours work with my Answering Service?
No answering service is needed – we cover this as well.
Will I have access to tech support over the long term?
Yes, we are here to support the technology solution and should you run into issues, we want to help. You will have options based on how much support you need.
What if I have limited time or resources to staff a telemedicine program?
Anytime Pediatrics gives you complete control and options on how you want to provide telemedicine. You choose the hours, how to schedule, and what types of visits you’ll provide via telemedicine. Our solution also allows you to partner with other pediatric practices, urgent cares and/or children’s hospitals to help provide patient care.
