: UF Health Telehealth
Whether it’s in your home, office or any other convenient location, our telehealth service brings our top-notch health care to you. A number of our clinics, including UF Health Pediatrics, now have the ability to connect you with our medical professionals, who can evaluate, diagnose and treat patients remotely using telecommunications technology that is secure and easy to use.
Getting Ready
You'll need a few applications and complete a few steps in order to connect to your provider. Here's a step-by-step guide on what to do.
Connecting
On the day of your appointment, you'll need to login. We've provided instructions and guides by different devices on how to connect and test your audio and video connections.
Visit here for more info about our telehealth options for pediatric primary care and pediatric specialty care.
Benefits of Telehealth?
- Improved access – Offers the ability to deliver care to more patients, while also giving our distinguished physicians the ability to reach patients who cannot visit our offices because of distance, limited mobility or other reasons.
- Improved quality – Compares favorably with traditional, in-person visits when it comes to outcomes and patient satisfaction, according to several studies. In some cases, health care services through telehealth technology are reportedly better.
- Cost effectiveness – Decreases health care costs and increases efficiency through better management of chronic diseases, shared staffing, reduced travel times and fewer or shorter hospital stays.
- Convenience – Gives consumers more flexibility when it comes to scheduling appointments and the providers they want to schedule with. Patients can see and talk to their health care provider face-to-face using a computer, tablet or smart phone. The service offers an ideal option for follow-up appointments or when patients have minor health concerns.
