What is Telemedicine?
Telemedicine: The use
of medical information
exchanged from one site
to another via electronic
communications for the
health and education of
the patient or healthcare
provider and for the purpose
of improving patient care.
Telemedicine includes
consultative, diagnostic,
and treatment services.
A revolutionary Product
• Approved in 49 states for diagnosis
and all 50 states for consults
• Available for the last 5 years
• Accepted by the medical community
• Applauded by patients
A Proven method
89% of Health Care execs
expect telemedicine to
“transform” the health care system
87% satisfaction
A revolutionary Product
Some Common Treatments
Sinus infections, bronchitis, allergies
Sprains, strains, soar throats, UTI’s
Respiratory infections, stuff nose
Some Common Prescriptions
Amoxicillin, Azithromycin, Bactrim DS, Cipro
Tessalon Perles, Flonase Nasal Spray, Diflucan
Telemedicine has arrived!
Well-Informed Physicians
Washington Politicians
Wall Street Prognosticators
Would-Be Patients
Why Healthnation Connect?
• ACCESS – 24/7/365 via phone, email, video web
• ALTERNATIVES – naturopaths
• ADVOCACY – insurance billing experts
• ACCOUNTABILITY – personal online records
• AWARENESS – virtual wellness community
• ADVANTAGE – discount pharmacy card
All for $30 per month!!
What Healthnation is and isn’t
HealthNation Connect is designed to com-
plement, and not replace, the care you re-
ceive from your primary physician
HealthNation Connect is designed to improve
and complement our current healthcare system
HealthNation Connect is not health insurance
and we encourage all members to maintain ad-
equate insurance from a responsible provider.
HealthNation Connect is not
for medical emergencies
What others are saying
Roughly 70% of doctors office visits are unnec-
essary (average cost = $153/visit)
The Wellness Council of America
Over 66% of all ER visits are non-emergencies.
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
Home healthcare market to grow to
an estimated $207 billion by 2014.
Morgan Stanley
What others are saying
Roughly 78% Of All ER, Urgent Care and Primary
Care Visits can be handled over the phone
American Medical Association
U.S. Spent $102 Billion on ER visits
in 2009. It’s estimated $60 Billion could
have been saved with telemedicine.
65 Million Americans live in Areas with a shortage of
PCPs. Health Care reform to double that number
USA Today, August 2010
Telemedicine is one of the top 3 innovations
needed to fix our healthcare problem.
-Newt Gingrich White Paper
What does all this mean to you?
Average Household – 3.91 people
4 Doctor Visits p/year – $153.00 (612)
1 ER Visit p/year – $1200.00 (1812)
5 prescriptions – $71.00 (2167)
Or
No Doctor Visits – save $612.00
No ER – save $1200.00
40% savings on prescriptions
save $142.00
Total saving 1942.00 !!!!! All for
30.00 p/month or 360.00 a year
plus 70.00 one time sign up fee.
For illustration purposes only and each members experience may
be different. Not to be construed as a guarantee.