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Telemedicine: Good or Bad?

Dated : 3rd March 2015

Telemedicine is used by most of the patients, hospitals, and physicians around the country. Is telemedicine good or bad? It has a variety of benefits like it has improved access to healthcare for many. Secondly like the patients who live in remote areas who cannot travel to a physician or those who need a specialist, but the closest one is too far. With telemedicine, healthcare can be in everyone’s doorstep. This includes getting help in real-time. The patient does not have to wait weeks before seeing a specialist and can get answers sooner than usual.

Also, the cost efficiency is a benefit of telemedicine. By using technology, the cost of healthcare falls drastically. The patient gets consultations on a television or a computer screen. It helps reduce the number of ER visits for both the patient and the hospital since you have an option now available at home. Telemedicine provides a wide reach for both the doctors and the patients.

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