Coast Guard Care Anywhere

Telehealth is a remote delivery tool that allows health care professionals care for their beneficiaries, facilitating a wide range of services without actual in-person visits between the health care provider and the patient. Telehealth expands access to care and improves the patient experience by reducing travel burdens on the members. It also protects the users and providers during a pandemic event that requires social distancing. Other benefits of telehealth include:

• Broader outreach of specialized services by providers including mental health.
• Maximizes use of provider staff to support more remote areas.
• Aids providers in doing more with limited resources.
• Reduces the overall cost of care by providing greater access to CG resources.
• Improves patient accessibility to care.
• Provides less exposure to illness for patients and providers.
• Increases patient options in seeking care.
• Enhances provider flexibility to facilitate a healthy work life balance.
• Improves member readiness, especially in remote locations.
• Enables patients to manage health conditions at home, reducing hospital admissions.
• Allows patients to stay where they are, leveraging their personal support network.