Facts About Telehealth in Chiropractic Therapy in Light of COVID-19

In the face of the COVID-19 health crisis, a lot of things are getting disrupted, including our health care system. With emergency rooms only accepting coronavirus patients- where do you go, and what do you do if you have back pain? 

Most major health organizations recommend chiropractic care as the first and best option for people struggling with back and neck pain.

But, if you shouldn't leave your house, how do you do get chiropractic care?

The excellent news is telehealth appointments with your chiropractor can help! What is telehealth chiropractic? Let's dive into the facts. 

Understanding Telehealth Chiropractic

Telehealth practices refer to the service of medical care through electronic communication. Often this includes video exchange for best quality

How do you do this with chiropractic? You can still evaluate movement, provide ergonomic recommendations, nutritional consultations, and at-home exercise recommendations- all through video. 

Expansion Telehealth Coverage

For many service providers, the most significant restrictions for telehealth is the lack of insurance coverage. 

The good news is that because of COVID-19, emergency changes have been made. Nearly all major insurance carriers are offering the ability to perform telehealth visits under your traditional insurance coverage.

More detailed documentation of all the changes and what they mean for health providers can be found here as well as more on the CMS webpage.

The Tech to Make It Happen

Technology such as iPads and iPhones provide us with a wide variety of methods to offer telehealth to patients. Now you can use any convenient video call provider to provide telehealth coverage.

Platforms like Doxy.me don't require you, or the patient, to have any additional hardware or software. Just click the link and connect. It's HIPPA compliant, easy to use, and provides a seamless patient experience.

Note that free apps like Facebook Live or Twitch are not good medical providers as they have no privacy security. 

There is no official endorsement of any single application, and you are welcome to find the service that works best for you and your patients. 

To help get the word out to your current and future patients, look toward better marketing materials using social media and more. 

Keeping up With the Chiropractic

Telehealth chiropractic can be a convenient and easy way to keep your patients active in their at-home care (stretches and exercises) in these trying times. Platforms like WebExercises (now included in The Smart Chiropractor) make it easy to create custom exercise templates and deliver them to your patients with the click of a button! 

In the meantime, there is still so much going on in the world of chiropractic care. From marketing trends to new technology, accelerating the growth of your practice can come from anywhere. Help us help you by looking into free our practice review.