Empowering
healthcare professionals
with e-consults -
A better way to collaborate on patient care.
Replace cumbersome curbside consultations with a streamlined
e-consult experience that increases access, expedites patient care, and optimize outcomes for the patients you serve.
e-consult experience that increases access, expedites patient care, and optimize outcomes for the patients you serve.
Discover the Future of Curbside Consultations
From Curbside Consultations to e-Consults
Curbside consultations
are inefficient, fragmented, and disruptive.
Communication barriers to clinical collaboration
delay patient care and worsen outcomes.
e-Consults allow seamless clinical collaboration across
all care settings.
With DocSide's e-consult platform,
referring and consulting providers can seamlessly connect to accelerate the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
Why DocSide is the place for you
Connect Your Community
Build your referring and consulting community to exchange knowledge and deliver comprehensive care to your patients.
Unlock Timely Access to Specialty Expertise
Share clinical information and communicate with other verified Qualified Healthcare Professionals in a HIPAA compliant platform to make informed decisions that provide customized care and optimized outcomes.
Capture Charges
Earn revenue for work you already do plus document your assessment and recommendations.
Reduce Healthcare Costs
Minimize unnecessary in-person visits and treat the patients most in need of your expertise.
Save Patients Time and Effort
Avoid patients' driving to additional appointments and cultivate safe, high quality, and equitable care.
Referring Providers
Deliver exceptional care to your patients by accessing specialists willing and able to respond to your questions with timely recommendations.
Initiate
Submit
Consulting Providers
Realize the value of your expertise by sharing your medical knowledge with referring colleagues through interprofessional consultations.
Accept
Complete
Experience the Value of the DocSide
E-consults give physicians and patients quicker access to specialists, improve patient experiences, help physicians find joy in medicine, streamline care, and eliminate system waste.1
Consult with your colleagues
The Los Angeles County Department of Health went live with an e-consult program in July 2012. Since then, the program has completed over 2 million e-consults with recent monthly e-consult volumes approximating 18,000.2
Share medical expertise on the fly
87% of e-consults are completed in less than 10 minutes.3
Avoid unnecessary office visits for specialty care
From April 2018 to October 2020, over 7,000 e-consults were placed across 28 adult health specialties . . . only 2.5% of answered e-consults resulted in an in-person visit within 30 days (indication of effectiveness).4
Save patients the inconvenience of travel time and distance
Between 2012-2018 the Veterans Health Administration completed 3,117,998 e-consults. By 2018, e-consults made up approximately 7% of all consults requested. Each e-consult was estimated to save 84.3 miles of travel, resulting in 170,658,048 fewer miles of patient travel over a 7-year period with cost-savings of $46 million for travel reimbursement.5
Recognize revenue for curbside consults
Most common interprofessional consultations have a value of 0.7 wRVU.6 Submitted charges for interprofessional consultations range from $110 to $150 per encounter.7
Reduce the cost of care
Studies demonstrate e-consults reduce total cost of care by between 36% and 83%.
Statistic Citations
- https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/ps.2009.60.10.1323
- https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ps.49.2.261
WHO CAN USE DOCSIDE
- DocSide Members
- Physicians, APPs, & More
- Physicians – MD & DO
- Physician Assistants – PA
- Nurse Practitioners – NP
- Certified Nurse Specialists – CNS
- Certified Midwives – CM
- Optometrists – OD
- Podiatrists – DPM
- MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
- Psychologists
- Therapists
- Counselors
- Social Workers
FREE TRIAL, NO OBLIGATION, nO rISK
Invite your referral network to collaborate with you on the DocSide today.
*When members begin conducting e-consults in any state of licensure, then a monthly $9.99/member app access fee will be assessed for all members** in that state. No additional fees are assessed for referring e-consults. Each member can experience 10 free e-consults before any consultant charge sheet fees will be initiated. Beginning with the 11th completed e-consult, a fee of $4.89 or less*** for each subsequent consultant charge sheet will be assessed.
**Admin-only members will not be charged any fees on DocSide.
***Enterprise contracts and volume discounts are available.
HIPAA-secure and ad-free connectivity
with your referral network.
Qualified Healthcare Professionals
Gain equitable access to specialty expertise among all Qualified Healthcare Professionals
Deliver timely and optimal care for your patients
Capture charges/RVU credits for the work you already do
Streamline workflows to save time and reduce costs
Hospitals & Systems
Increase equitable access to specialty expertise and optimize outcomes
Prevent patient leakage while expanding your catchment area
Reduce costs by minimizing unecessary in-person visits
Recognize and utilize the time and medical expertise of your QHPs Capture revenue for the work already being done
Insurance Payors
Reduce the cost to serve patients by minimizing unecessary in-person patient visits
Facilitate timely and equitable access to specialty expertise for your provider network
Minimize cost per member while optimizing patient outcomes
Richard E. Popwell, Jr., M.D.
Dr. Popwell obtained his Doctor of Medicine from Tulane University and completed a neurology residency at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium. He practices neurology, serves as a Regional Medical Director of Specialty Care for a globally recognized health system, and is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology. As a co-founder of DocSide, Rich has a passion to improve healthcare through innovation.
Karlina Popwell, M.A.
Karlina earned a Master’s degree from Tulane University. Her experience includes strategic planning, fund-raising, marketing, product development, and clinical trial accrual. She has also spearheaded several volunteer leadership positions. Through DocSide, Karlina hopes to make a positive impact for patients, physicians, and their families.
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