You can still see your doctor via telehealth. But should you?
Telehealth was originally for rural patients – to spare them hours of round-trip driving to keep a 15-minute doctor appointment. The...
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How does telehealth compare to office visits? (The answer may surprise you.)
Let’s start with the obvious: For diagnosing a new illness, for treating an injury, for conducting lab tests, for removing staples or...
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Telehealth is here to stay
During the pandemic, the growth of telehealth has been, if you’ll pardon the pun, contagious. So much so that telemed, as it’s also...
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You may already own the latest telemedicine diagnostic device.
It’s a smartphone with either FaceTime or Google Duo. By eliminating travel time to and from doctors’ offices, along with time-wasting...
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3 ways the post-COVID world will be better for seniors
The pandemic has accelerated three trends already in the works – and that’s good news for seniors. Remote Working In response to...
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The good news and bad news about virtual physical therapy
In 2005, when the first national telehealth network launched, telemedicine was intended to give primarily rural patients access to...
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Telemedicine isn’t just good for primary care.
Last month, as Virginia was starting to reopen, I wrote about the advantages of using telemedicine for primary care. It turns out that,...
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Once Virginia starts reopening, should you see your doctor in person?
Today, most of Virginia starts reopening. From today until at least the end of the month, restaurants, bars, breweries, wineries, places...
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