The Return of the House Call
Hospitals use telemedicine platforms in normal, profit-driven ways as do other providers. Follow up care, virtual appointments, and multiple provider collaborations, are examples. An innovative practice called community paramedicine involves utilizing paramedics and emergency medical technicians ...
Visiting YOUR Doctor Just Got Easier
Doc-in-the-box is a term that was first seen in print in the 1980s, as a not so flattering description of health care providers who see patients either at a walk-in or freestanding clinic. Patients are usually charged a flat fee or hourly rate for services rendered, and in recent years it has bec...
Is Your Doctor Offering Virtual Visits Yet?
Telemedicine is here:Telemedicine, for those not familiar with the term, was conceived four decades ago and is literally “healing at a distance,” according to the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO’s telemedicine interpretation is:The delivery of health care services, where distance is a critic...