Telehealth services make business sense

This is article is written by Eric Wicklund, it indicates the perception of patients of a new form of receiving treatment, telemedicine. Telemedicine is a new form and easier way to deal with every day health conditions. The telemedicine can be done online or by phone calls.  Jason Gorevic states that  “There’s a huge market out there for very convenient and timely access to doctors,” said Jason Gorevic. The telemedicine began with simple phone calls but now it has emerged to more complex connections such as virtual onsite clinics.  Telemedicine offers a lot of advantages such as improving the patient flow in the emergencies room, and the time that employee must take from jobs to visit doctors.

The articles indicates that one company specialized in telemedicine Teladoc, has launched a program called Atena, which is insured by medical plans. Atena Provides 24 hour services by phone or online for a cost of $38. The physicians provide services within 30 minutes request. The physicians offer services such as diagnosis, recommending treatment and prescriptions; in addition they enter the information through the patient electronic medical record. The service is so proficient that they have a resolution rate the cases of 91%.

 After reading this article I once again am surprise by how well the internet and online services are being use. It offers resolution to many medical health conditions. The government should give incentives to companies such as Teladoc, in order to create more sites that offer sites similars but also specialized to different diseases states and conditions. What do you think?

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