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Leveraging the Internet to provide patient care

Is this the wave of the future? I can think of many times that I have had to make, and pay for, an office visit just so a doctor could tell me that whatever I had been treated for is resolved. As a former ER nurse, I can recall numerous times that people spent many hours in Emergency for something that could have been resolved by phone. Is electronic medicine the right way to go, or are we trusting too much to technology?

I'll try to let you know what I find. If I last it out to succeed (>EMT), I may lean on you in future for help, given your background and foreground. Computer lab is week after next.

EMT, especially in these days of increased technology is a real job. Any emergency medicine is. But I have faith in your ability to do a fantastic job! It is a calling- not everyone can handle Emergency and First Response.

Let me know how you are doing!



Edited to add this PS: I went to nursing school at Grossmont...

I research on the 'net. I also email my doctor about smaller things. Sometimes she gives me a short answer and tells me I am asking for more information than she can give in an email. I then make the decision to go in, or to do more research on my own.

She also answers questions about my prescriptions, or does refills, although I am not clear yet if it is better to call her nurse or email. It would be nice if she felt comfortable with this, and clarified her limits.

Nice article, Tigger, and I will pass it to my doctor.

but there is quite a bit of potential for abuse, as in not physically seeing people when necessary.



Also, I know a few people who have enough trouble with doctors becoming unavailable by changing practices. What happens when the standard becomes medical care through e-mail? Will there be a new premium for folks who need to visit a doctor for real?



All that said, I still think that this is a good extension of medical care. I just hope that any other doctors following this path stick to this fellow's model.

For people residing in more rural areas this is a great thing, in my region local doctors are getting scare and people have to travel long distances to get some care, an email can provide some timely reassurance. Staff, HealthcareReviews.com