What Is Telehealth And What Are Its Benefits
Telehealth can provide better access to care Shutterstock The top advantage to telehealth for the patient is that it reduces the necessity to travel to get to the provider. There’s also less need to take time off work in most cases, since the only time commitment is for the duration of the actual appointment and these can often be scheduled during a lunch break or outside of working hours. A telehealth visit also doesn’t require the patient to spend time sitting around in the waiting room surrounded by contagious people, since ironically, one of the best places to pick up a virus if you don’t already have one may be at a doctor’s office or hospital....