Access, Access, Access!
Each year, specialty physicians have over 500 million patients visits in their clinics. About 1% (5 million) of those visits are for infectious diseases. On top of that, there are 3.8 million emergency dept visits with a primary diagnosis of infectious and parasitic diseases. At a time when the number of ID specialty physicians is decreasing each year, demand for ID services is on the rise due to an aging U.S. population. So, what is the best way to ensure access given a limited supply of ID physicians? Technology plays a crucial role.
Why nodMD?
From it’s 2018 founding, our company mission has been to improve access to infectious disease providers. We have the building blocks necessary to pioneer substantial improvements in infectious diseases access. Our dual-track approach breaks down barriers to providing improved access.
nodMD’s premier platform is a central site with thousands of specialists to make your search convenient and efficient.
Our powerful specialist search engine is geared to better match a physician to your condition with three times more search criteria than primary care. You can search physicians by subspecialties and expertise, unique provider rankings, training and board certification, providers offering remote patient monitoring for chronic disease, and more.
We also locate specialists with the earliest availability, including outside your local geography. Now, you don’t have to wait months for a first appointment and you can find the best specialist, not just the closest.
Our industry-leading online booking enables scheduling through the nodMD platform, provider websites and even your primary care provider’s office. Automated insurance verification notifies your doctor that you are in-network and lets you know your visit copay.
About one-third of patients given a referral by their provider don’t connect with the referred specialist. Our platform automates and simplifies the referral process—for patients, primary care and specialists.
Finally, over 12 million medical misdiagnoses occur every year. nodMD can help you locate a vetted specialist for a qualified second opinion.
We make it easy for you to find and book an appointment with thousands of trusted, expert specialists from anywhere in the United States in nearly 100 medical specialties. The sooner you find the right specialist, the sooner your healing can begin.
Practice Enablement Platform
Infectious diseases issues span the entirety of the healthcare contiuum. ID docs are the ‘detectives’ in healthcare and when given proper access and oversight to all things infectious diseases, they generate value. A series of steps are needed to provide this much needed stewardship, starting with a practice enablement platform which helps providers transition from fee-for-service to value-based care.
Clinical Trials
About 60% of the global infectious diseases market consists of drugs and therapeudics. If development of innovative treatments could be accelerated and precision ID diagnostic tools implemented, providers could have more access and time with patients. Our approach leverages technology to make this possible.