{"id":3003,"date":"2013-05-08T17:40:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T17:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/video-conferencing\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2013-08-20T20:33:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T20:33:56","slug":"5-reasons-virtual-doctor-visits-are-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/video-conferencing\/5-reasons-virtual-doctor-visits-are-better\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Virtual Doctor Visits Are Better"},"content":{"rendered":"

How would you rather spend your time online if you had a health concern; searching WebMD or speaking with a real doctor through video conferencing?<\/p>\n

MobiHealthNews writer Jonah Comstock posted an article today, Five Reasons Virtual Doctor Visits Might Be Better Than In-Person Ones<\/a>, showing how video conferencing is growing in popularity for healthcare uses:<\/p>\n

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  1. Convenient for both patient and doctor<\/li>\n
  2. A virtual waiting room is better than the physical one<\/li>\n
  3. Increased patient engagement thanks to screensharing<\/li>\n
  4. More convenient, automatic record-keeping<\/li>\n
  5. Patients feel like doctors pay better attention to them during virtual visits<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Virtual Checkups Save Time, More Comfortable<\/h2>\n

    Video conferencing used to be expensive but now it can easily be done via your laptop, tablet, and even smartphones.<\/p>\n

    The benefits of virtual doctor visits are the same whether you’re in a rural area or if the doctor’s office is down the street. \u00a0It’s going to save you time and be more comfortable.<\/p>\n

    You won’t have to leave work for extended periods of time, you can wait in your house instead of a waiting room, and you may find that your doctor pays more attention to you.<\/p>\n

    Telemedicine Kits and Kiosks<\/h2>\n
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    Telemedicine Kit<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n

    Comstock reported that health kiosks<\/a> are now being developed that perform virtual visits where “a doctor can listen to a patient\u2019s heartbeat, take their blood pressure, and look in their ear with a connected otoscope, to name just a few devices.”<\/p>\n

    Generally speaking, a doctors office can use something like VoIP Supply’s HIPAA approved telemedicine kit and all you’ll need is a strong internet connection and a good webcam.<\/p>\n

    It’s the doctor’s responsibility, Comstock notes, to use a video service that is “HIPAA compliant to protect patient medical information \u2014 but nonetheless virtual visits are gaining popularity as a new way to deliver healthcare.”<\/p>\n

    Via MobiHealthNews<\/a><\/p>\n

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    How would you rather spend your time online if you had a health concern; searching WebMD or speaking with a real doctor through video conferencing? MobiHealthNews writer Jonah Comstock posted an article today, Five Reasons Virtual Doctor Visits Might Be Better Than In-Person Ones, showing how video conferencing is growing in popularity for healthcare uses:… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-conferencing-industry-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/video-conferencing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/video-conferencing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/video-conferencing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/video-conferencing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/video-conferencing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3003"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/video-conferencing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3073,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/video-conferencing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003\/revisions\/3073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/video-conferencing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/video-conferencing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/video-conferencing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}