The Internet has transformed our lives during the last decades. It has changed the way we stay in touch with other people, study, work, and buy goods and services. However, modern technologies have also changed how we manage our health…
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) pays for certain telehealth services. You need to pay 20 percent of the Medicare-approved amount for your healthcare provider’s services, and Medicare covers the rest. Keep in mind that your location at the time of…
Telehealth technology enables the physicians to provide remote diagnoses, monitor the patient’s medical condition, and alter the medications or the specific therapy if necessary. Telehealth also includes health education and teaching services, remote doctor-patient consultations, and remote monitoring of vital…
Telehealth and telemedicine refer to a different way of administering health care via modern technologies. Telehealth has a somewhat broader scope and covers telecare as well. The term telecare relates to the use of technology that allows patients to stay…
Telemedicine is part of telehealth that provides diagnosis and treatment of illness or injury. It involves a range of applications and services using smartphones, wireless tools, two-way video, and other forms of telecommunication technology. You can use telemedicine for remote…
What Are the Benefits of Telehealth? Telehealth provides tools that improve access to healthcare and make healthcare more cost-effective and efficient. Telehealth tools also improve health outcomes, remove barriers of geographical distance and healthcare provider shortages. Another important advantage of…
Here are the most common services that telehealth includes: Primary Care Medicine Telemedicine healthcare providers offer primary care telemedicine. This includes seeing patients for things like; colds and flu, allergies, asthma, bronchitis, rashes, infections, insect bites, diarrhea, UTIs, pink eye,…
Access to Healthcare Telehealth improves your access to healthcare. While e-care will not completely replace face-to-face consultations with your doctor, it can make medical care more accessible to patients who live in rural areas, have a chronic illness or limited…
Telehealth medical services and procedures are covered under some Blue Cross health care plans. Therefore, if your health covers these services, you may get remote medical care from a telemedicine doctor or provider by mobile app, phone, or online video.…