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We are proud to offer PhoneDOCTORx in our skilled nursing and rehab centers.
Our residents will have access to this incredible, state-of-the-art technology.
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PhoneDOCTORx is an innovative telemedicine device that brings confidential, real time medical consultation directly to patients and their families. PhoneDOCTORx utilizes 2-way video conferencing to provide real time triage and medical coverage through emergency medicine and primary care physicians located within Medical Control Centers.
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What does PhoneDOCTORx mean to our residents and their families?
- Increased access and timeliness of care
- Inceased quality of care
- Evening & weekend physician availability for patient and family questions
- Reduces needless trips to the Emergency Department
To view a brief video demonstration on PhoneDOCTORx, click here
History of PhoneDOCTOR
President
and Founder Paul I. Bulat, M.D., FACEP, is Board Certified in Emergency
Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. A
graduate of Holy Cross College and the University of Massachusetts Medical
School, Dr. Bulat has been practicing emergency medicine since 1980.
Dr. Bulat
has served as President of the Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians
(MACEP) and has received both the Vanguard Award and the Pinnacle Award from
MACEP for his outstanding contributions to the specialty of emergency medicine.
Dr. Bulat authored the MACEP discharge instruction sheets that were adopted by
most emergency departments in Massachusetts and has authored chapters in major
textbooks on emergency medicine and observation medicine.
Dr. Bulat is
Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at St. Luke's Hospital in New
Bedford, MA. St. Luke's is a high-volume (72,000 visits per year) emergency
department and is affiliated with the Beth Israel Deaconess Emergency Medicine
Residency Program in Boston. In addition to his role in emergency medicine, Dr.
Bulat is Medical Director of the Medical and Dental Staff at St. Luke's
Hospital and is a certified administrator in physician practice management.
The concept of PhoneDOCTORx came to Dr. Bulat after a loved one residing in a long-term care skilled nursing facility had repeat visits to the emergency department. Each trip to the Emergency Department resulted in long periods waiting to be seen by a physician, some times as long as six hours. Their stay in the Emergency Deaprtment sometimes lasted for upwards to 12-16 hours. Dr. Bulat felt this technology would significantly reduce the unnecessary visits to Emergency Departments for people residing in skilled nursing facilities.
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