Infectious Disease Services

Many Infectious Disease Specialists are working in private practice and come to the hospital to treat their own patients or round when available between patients or clinic responsibilities. Hospitals, big and small, can have difficulty finding an experienced boarded ID Specialist to be available when needed. There often isn’t enough volume to justify the expense of having someone onsite 24/7. 

Tele-Infectious Disease solves for cost and availability, by having a specialist available remotely 24/7, at the fraction of the cost of an onsite provider. One physician is able to cover multiple sites without the distraction of private practice patients or clinic responsibilities while on-call. Our dedicated team is focused 100% on responding to consult requests from contracted hospitals. 

• Long wait times for an ID Specialist to be available can lead to further complications and delay recovery.
• Antimicrobial Stewardships protect patients from harms caused by unnecessary antibiotic use, and combats antibiotic resistance.
• Complications related to infection control can cost hospitals thousands of dollars
• Medicare via public monitoring is holding hospitals accountable for Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). 
• Serious adverse events that occur in hospitals rank as a leading cause of preventable death in the United States.

Patients that might otherwise be transferred to a tertiary center can be treated locally with the support of a Tele-ID program. With the consult and follow up from a boarded ID specialist your hospital can save money and save lives.

Knowing the right antibiotic for the right infection is critical to patient outcomes and patient satisfaction scores. With the right ID Specialist Team your hospital and your patients can rest assured the best treatment plan possible will be delivered at a lower cost than an onsite panel of ID providers. If Antimicrobial Stewardship support is required OSC has specialists and pharmacists available. 

• Boarded Infectious Disease Physicians 
• 1,000+ years of combined clinical experience
• Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs
• Experience with multiple EMRs
• Telemedicine Platform Agnostic

Of all our supported sites no two programs are exactly the same. Working with clinical leadership, administration, and IT we craft a solution that meets the specific needs of your hospital. Whether your institution is a large teaching hospital, a rural community hospital, or a critical access hospital, we tailor the solution that complements your clinical needs and capabilities. 

• Boarded Team of Specialists
• Fast Response Times
• Clinical Pharmacists Available
• Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs
• Document Directly in Electronic Medical Record
• Daily Communication with Attending Physician