Get Personalized Treatment with Telehealth Services

Telehealth service, which enables virtual online appointments between a patient and their health care practitioner, benefits both health and convenience. More healthcare professionals are offering to "see" patients by computer and smartphone. Telehealth services offer many benefits, including:

Comfort

With telehealth, you don’t need to drive to the doctor’s clinic, park, or sit in a waiting area when you are sick. You can see your doctor from the comfort of your own home. Virtual visits can be easier to fit into your hectic work schedule. With telehealth services, depending on your schedule, you may not even have to take leave time from work or plan for child care.

Quick access to health specialists

Not everyone has an ongoing relationship with a healthcare professional they can call when they need one. Many telehealth services offer round-the-clock access to all kinds of specialists, at any time of day or night.

Affordable

Doctors and therapists can be expensive, even for people with good health insurance. Telemedicine appointments typically cost less than in-person visits do. This reduces medical expenses, removing a barrier to quality health care.

Easy Medical access for people without health insurance

Not having any health insurance can be a big hurdle to seeing a doctor. Many telehealth service providers provide cash-pay telemedicine, which doesn’t need health insurance or referrals.

Family Connections

When consulting with your healthcare professional, it is always good to have a family member who can help you provide information, ask questions and take note of your doctor’s answers. If that person lives out of town, or even across the country, you can easily keep your family member in loop on the virtual visit if you allow with virtual online consultation.

Urgent Care and Chronic Condition Treatment

Regular visits with healthcare practitioners such as those specializing in family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics, are essential to your family’s health. Telemedicine makes it easy to connect with a doctor anytime, anywhere. Some systems are set up so that new patients can get an appointment with the next available practitioner, which can save time.

Healthcare professionals can also take benefit of technology to provide better care for their patients. One example is a virtual consultation that allows doctors to get input from specialists when they have questions about your diagnosis or treatment.

Doctors can send exam notes, history, test results, X-rays or other images to the specialist to review. The specialist may respond electronically, conduct a virtual appointment with you at your doctor's office, or request a face-to-face meeting.

These virtual consultations may prevent unnecessary in-person referrals to a specialist, reduce wait times for specialist input and eliminate unnecessary travel. Professional telehealth service is a convenient way for people who cannot go to the doctor’s office and those who prefer to stay home. However, it is important that patients check the credentials of the doctor providing care.

For people with anxiety about leaving the home, chronic medical conditions that make catching infections risky, and contagious diseases, remote care may mean the difference between prompt medical treatment and no treatment at all.

At Home Urgent Care is a telehealth company that offers online doctor visits from the convenience and comfort of your own home. Our virtual doctor appointments treat many diseases and can send medication to the pharmacy of your choice.