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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Telehealth isn't just a phone thing. It's also a video conference thing. If someone says "I have a new long dark line on my leg and it's sore, what should I do?" the doctor can look at it with the laptop camera, and he can ask questions - are you sore anywhere else? Feeling shortness of breath? Difficulty walking? Is it only sore when you touch it, like a bruise, or is it constantly throbbing? Are you feeling especially tired lately?
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Agreed, but there are other programs which have been started under the telehealth program, such as Hospital at Home, using hospital visiting nurses to do the patient review, and then communicate with the central doctor, which moves some outpatient visit from the the clinics and ER to the home.
https://www.cms.gov/blog/lessons-cms...ome-initiative