The ever increasing costs of health care are a real financial burden for many people. Access to physicians can also be a challenge. Patients often need medical advice outside of normal business hours. AmeriPlan MD Plus has found a way to help manage the costs yet still receive the care you need whenever you may need it.

This trusted company has been helping patients for twenty years. Technological developments and the wide-spread use of the internet have made tremendous improvements in telemedicine. Service is provided as needed, anytime of the day and any day of the week. Patients can connect with health care professionals with a phone call or email. In some cases, video conferencing can be very helpful for diagnosis and treatment. Consequently, visits to the emergency room or urgent care clinics have been significantly reduced.

Acute health problems call for expedient medical attention. Patients often face frustration, waiting days or weeks to get the needed help. By the time a patient can actually get in to see the doctor, his or her issue may have already been resolved. This situation can result in wasted time away from work and unneeded out of pocket expenses for the patient.

Employers have also been affected by the increasing costs of providing their employees with health insurance. High costs hit the bottom line in more ways than one. Absenteeism hurts employee productivity and can have many negative consequences to employers and their workers. Time saved when an employee is able to get quick assistance from a telemedicine phone consultation rather than sitting in a doctor's waiting room is good for all concerned.

This service is especially helpful to parents of small children. Parents often find that children suffering from a severe cold, ear ache or virus sometimes get worse at night. The worry factor alone can cause great distress for the mom or dad of a small child. What a relief and comfort to know that they can contact a physician on an urgent basis and get the help needed.

So called gatekeepers, also known as primary care physicians, may delay access to care. Direct contact with the appropriate specialist can get results much sooner. Most parents have faced the uncertainty of a child's high fever in the middle of the night. Talking to a doctor and telemedicine can help parents make informed decisions for their sick child.

Patients will not be put in contact with a doctor located in another country. The company has engaged a network of physicians who all reside in the States. These physicians have comprehensive knowledge of the system's electronic medical records and know how to use EMR. Due to this service, people with chronic diseases are free to travel as they wish with full access to health advice from anywhere in the United States.

The company provides its health care provides with continuing education to ensure they can effectively use the electronic records. Customer service is there to help callers with questions. Surveys that rate the doctors' performance assure that the physicians are accountable for the treatment provided. For a nominal monthly fee health care can be delivered with this streamlined method. Telemedicine makes sense.