In 2019 this is the awesome technology comes for the benefits of patients. The technology appears for the benefit that is virtual visits to the doctor. A rising species of health-tech begins up building platforms for patients to communicate with doctors through live chat and you can also use video can take a heart from a new study that exhibits the effectiveness of this approach.
In USA Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) claim that virtual video visits can successfully replace office visits by patients on a large scale without compromising on the quality of care and communication they receive, Science Daily. Consultations with doctors by phone and video conference appear to be catching on, with well over a million virtual visits. The convenience of “telehealth” cassation to patients, and the notion that it costs less than an in-office visit would make it tempting to employers and health plans.
Virtual video visits use a secure application over a computer or tablet to enable patients to chat with health professionals. The Massachusetts General hospital TeleHealth begins offering virtual video visits at the beginning of 2013. The study surveyed 254 patients and 61 clinicians. Karen Donelan, a scientist at the MGH- Affiliated Mongan Institute Health Policy Center “ some of the participants in our study were parents of the children who needed so many frequents visits or older patients for whom travel was so difficult to arrange”.
The lead authority of the paper that as published online. The virtual consultations are designed to replace more expensive visits to a doctor’s office or emergency room. On average, telehealth; the costs of the visits about $79, compared with al about $146 for an office visit, according to the study. But it is found that virtual visits generate additional medical use. The study found that 79% of the patents who participated in the programme felt that finding a convenient time for follow-up virtual visits was easier than in the case of a traditional office visit.
