Determining if Your Patients Want Telemedicine - Medical Office Today

Telemedicine seems to be a win-win proposition for both medical practices and patients alike. Through this technology, patients have access to medical advice and consultation at any time from the comfort of their home, while physicians can serve patients off-hours without giving up their freedom. But is telemedicine the right for your practice? Is it worth it for your practice to invest its resources in telemedicine? And more importantly, do your patients and physicians even want it? Here, MOT provides some tips on how you can approach telemedicine.

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When one thinks of telemedicine, the image of a rural practice may pop into mind immediately. (Read MOT’s article “Smart Strategies for Rural Practices”). But Debbie Voyles, director of telemedicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, emphasizes that telemedicine is not just for rural practices. Rather, it’s all about providing easy access to patient care.

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