Neil H. Baum, MD, presented “Vetting Your Telemedicine Vendor” for the Grand Rounds in Urology audience in May, 2020.
How to cite: Baum, Neil H. “Vetting Your Telemedicine Vendor” May, 2020. Accessed Jul 2024. https://grandroundsinurology.com/vetting-your-telemedicine-vendor/
Vetting Your Telemedicine Vendor – Summary:
Neil H. Baum, MD, clinical professor of urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, discusses how to choose the best telemedicine vendor for your practice. He goes over important questions to ask vendors before getting into business with them as well as the first steps for setting up. According to Dr. Baum, it is also imperative that a vendor has experience working in the urology field so that they are familiar with federal and state regulations. He also goes over technology concerns that can affect how well a certain platform will work for different doctors and for patients. He emphasizes the importance of privacy and security, as well as several concerns about how the system actually works and the support they offer.
For more commentary from Dr. Baum, visit his Improving Your Urology Practice page.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Neil H. Baum, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also a retired urologic surgeon. Additionally, Dr. Baum serves as the Medical Advisor to Vanguard Communications Group. Dr. Baum is the author of Marketing Your Clinical Practice - Ethically, Effectively, and Economically, which is in its 4th edition, has sold over 175,000 copies, and has been translated into Spanish. He also wrote The Complete Business Guide to a Successful Medical Practice, which was published in 2015. Dr. Baum was the columnist for American Medical News for more than 25 years. Dr. Baum also wrote the popular column, “The Bottom Line,” for Urology Times for more than 20 years. He is a requested speaker each year to the Practice Management Seminar for the American Urological Association (AUA), where he discusses techniques for making urology practices more efficient and more productive. He has written more than 9 books on practice management and over 250 peer-reviewed articles on various urologic topics. Dr. Baum is also the medical advisor to Vanguard Communications Group.
