“The digital doctor will see you anytime you want.
And that’s one reason Devon Herrick, an analyst with the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis, says more doctors need to embrace technology and go online to give patients more access to health care.
The study, released Thursday, found not only are some doctors answering questions via e-mail, but they are also treating patients over the Internet. But Internet doctoring faces a mountain of questions about quality, liability, regulatory control and security before it becomes more accepted, according to a Connecticut-based patient advocate and the executive director of the Fairfield County Medical Association.”
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Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post, 22 August 2008
Tagged: e consult and e mail
; posted on Sunday, August 24th, 2008 at 7:22 am
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“Th WSJ Blog had a post yesterday on a rurl doctor’s support of eRx, but the limitations put upon such Internet practices by state regulations.
The WSJ set-up a separate discussion/forum entitled “Visiting you Doc Online” which is getting quite a few comments. Granted, the WSJ attracts a very limited, dare I say exclusive, slice of the US population but it is this slice that is online, engaged, has insurance and based on the forum comments is fed up with the existing system.”
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John Moore, Chilmark Research, 21 August 2008
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; posted on Friday, August 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 am
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“Mike Holland came home from a business trip a few weeks ago in so much pain he tried something new: He made a doctor’s appointment online. The next morning, he arrived and saw the doctor in minutes.
A week later, on the road, his new medicine made him sick. The Hollywood computer consultant logged onto the same physician consulting Web site and filled out a form detailing the problem. Hours later, he had e-mail advice from his internist, Dr. Rene Reyes.”
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Bob LaMendola, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 21 July 2008
Tagged: e consult
; posted on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 at 7:42 am
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“The CMS is proposing allowing physicians to bill for follow-up inpatient consultations delivered via telehealth, a move that could spur health insurers to do the same.
In the proposed fee-schedule rule released this week, and up for public comment until Aug. 29, the CMS suggests three new inpatient codes to bill for these consultations. The idea is such visits would be strictly for follow-up inpatient visits, and not subsequent hospital care, according to the CMS. A final rule will be issued Nov. 1.”
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Modern Healthcare, 2 July 2008
Tagged: e consult and telehealth
; posted on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 at 8:03 am
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“The Canadian Medical Association has launched a health portal with a direct and secure link for patients to share the data they input with their doctor in online consultations.”
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The Bob Blog, 23 May 2008
Tagged: e consult
; posted on Saturday, May 24th, 2008 at 8:07 am
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“Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center’s Virtual Integrated Practice (VIP) is more evidence that remote health care can improve health outcomes.
At Rush, a team has been refining the VIP model for the past four years. The VIP’s objective is to improve chronic disease management for older people by deploying an interdisciplinary team using communications technology.”
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Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, The Health Care Blog, 7 May 2008
Tagged: e consult, elderly and remote
; posted on Thursday, May 8th, 2008 at 8:03 am
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“Communication in medicine grows worse by the day. What should be a pillar of quality health care is instead a resounding failure.
Patients are rushed through office visits and often leave without having their questions answered. Labyrinthine barriers have to be overcome before speaking with a physician. Reaching a medical provider via the Internet is an impossibly daunting task. Doctors rarely talk to each other to coordinate treatment plans.”
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Kevin Phon, Nashua Telegraph, 4 May 2008
Tagged: communication, e consult, e mail, health information and medical errors
; posted on Monday, May 5th, 2008 at 7:42 am
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“Sitting at her home computer in the evening after work, she spent 10 minutes on a secure Web site answering the same kind of questions Dienst would have asked her during an office visit.
The next morning, she not only had heard back from her doctor, she had the prescription antibiotic and cough medicine that he had called in to her nearby pharmacy.”
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Harry Wessel, Orlando Sentinel, 28 April 2008
Tagged: e consult
; posted on Monday, April 28th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
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“Virtual house calls — or virtual visits to the doctor, depending on your perspective — are making major strides toward the mainstream in North America.”
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George Lauer, iHealthBeat, 18 April 2008
Tagged: consultation, e consult, internet and virtual
; posted on Friday, April 18th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
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“Patient online e-visits, introduced at the start of this decade, continue to gain momentum as technologies improve, consumer demand increases, experience from prior pilot studies becomes more widespread and major health plans advance and adopt e-visit initiatives. Here’s a collection of some recent data on e-visits, compiled in MCOL’s March @How-TO newsletter.”
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MCOL Blog, 31 March 2008
Tagged: e consult and e mail
; posted on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 at 6:44 am
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“Dr. Joseph Scherger flew to Minnesota from his home in California, checked into a hotel in Brooklyn Park, and took care of 12 of his patients. All by e-mail.
That is the future of medicine, he told hundreds of doctors from Park Nicollet Clinic last week: Caring for patients without face-to-face visits.”
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Maura Lerner, Start Tribune, 17 January 2008
Tagged: e consult, e mail and web
; posted on Friday, January 18th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
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