Telehealth Services

Connect to your doctor from the comfort of your own home.

Connect to your doctor from the comfort of your own home.

Not all insurances, including Medicare, cover telehealth visits for spine.  Check with your insurance if it covers telehealth visits.

We can offer telehealth visits for post op visits; however, we prefer face to face visits for all other visits. Call (602) 944-2900 to schedule your telehealth appointment. 

For telehealth you must have a smart phone, webcam-enabled computer, or tablet.

Thank you for choosing Desert Institute for Spine Care’s Telehealth. Telemedicine means the practice of healthcare delivery, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, and transfer of medical data through interactive audio, video, or data communications that occur in the physical presence of the patient.

At the approximate time of your telehealth appointment, the medical assistant will call you to assist you in getting virtually checked into your appointment from a smartphone, webcam computer, or tablet.

Schedule Appointment

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Please complete the following steps at least 48 hours prior to your Telehealth appointment so that our providers can care for you:

1. If you are a New Patient, create a PATIENT PORTAL ACCOUNT.

This is how you will receive the provider’s office notes, potential orders, communications, etc.)

  • Click “Patient Portal” in the top right corner.
  • Click “Create Account.”
  • Click “I Accept.”
  • Click “I have an enrollment token.” Your token was provided to you when you scheduled your appointment.
  • Enter token, along with your Date of Birth, Last Name as it was given to us, and Email Address.
  • Complete the remainder of the questions.

2. Upload your MRI. 

If you are coming from out of state, Banner, Yuma Regional, Prescott Medical, or Open MRI Solutions, please follow Ambra instructions to upload your CD or DVD. All other locations, we can pull up your MRI.

3. Complete and email required patient forms. 

Download and save the REQUIRED patient forms to your computer. Fill them out and EMAIL the forms back via the telehealth email that was previously sent to you.

DAY OF APPOINTMENT

1. At the approximate time of your appointment our Medical Assistant will call you to ask preliminary questions and help you get virtually checked in from a smart phone, webcam enabled computer, or tablet.

2. The Medical Assistant will help you check into the following link to receive care from your provider. Be sure to allow access to both your microphone and camera.

We look forward to caring for you.

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