Inpatient Virtual Health
As a Level 1 Trauma Center and Level III Perinatal Service Center, Carle Foundation Hospital often treats you during your most delicate health emergencies. Our Intensive Care and Neonatal Intensive Care Units provide lifesaving, round-the-clock care you need in order to live.
But we can’t always be by your bedside. With virtual health,we can safely monitor you from anywhere in the hospital. So even when we are on the phone, we still have an eye on you.
Outpatient Virtual Health
We can connect you with a specialist at many of our clinic locations via our state-of-the-art audio and video technology equipment. Our providers can help perform all the typical assessments – examining eyes, ears, and lungs, as well as listening to hearts – with the assistance of a local medical assistant or registered nurse and some very specialized telemedicine medical devices.
We currently offer virtual health services in several different specialty areas, and we are constantly evaluating other specialties to add to this list. Services include:
- Behavioral health
- Developmental pediatrics
- Endocrinology
- Maternal fetal medicine
- Nephrology
- Neonatal intensive care
- Sleep studies
Chronic Disease Management
We know that managing your chronic diseases is best done using a team-approach where a team of clinicians, led by your physician, check on you frequently, as well as monitor your blood work and other signs to support your care plan. In these situations, virtual health can support the monitoring of your health from a distance and allow your care team to guide you from a distance. In certain cases, they can also educate you to take care of your health from a distance when clinically appropriate and safe.
My Virtual Visit
Virtual visits allow you to see and hear your Carle provider from anywhere. These can now be conducted directly through your MyCarle account.
When scheduling your next appointment, your provider’s office may suggest a virtual visit. Virtual visits are covered by many insurance providers and are subject to a co-payment.
