Telemedicine consultations could improve care in remote areas, and offer all patients the opportunity to have multiple reviewers of their lab tests or medical images. Specialists would have the advantage of seeing more cases that they are interested i n, thereby facilitating experimental testing of new procedures or medications.
Surprised to see a seemingly old reference to telemedicine here. It's only begun significant movement in the last five years or so though.
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People are scared to go to the doctor or take medicine from the medical and not going there is a comforting thing but, this does not seem to be right in the time of the pandemic of corona disease.
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This article explains the training that should be in place to support the work of telemedicine. The writing is explicit in what should be involved in the training in order to ensure that patients feel satisfied and healthcare professionals feel efficacious.