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One good thing about the pandemic

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    Televisits for docs.

    Mrs. George had an appointment scheduled for this morning with one of her surgeons. It was nothing more than a yearly follow-up. When we let the office know that there was possible exposure to SARS-CoV-2, they made the appointment a tele-health visit.

    So, rather than leaving for downtown an hour before the visit, parking, sitting in the waiting room, having the visit, then driving home, a 2 ½ hour adventure took 10 minutes.

    We were very pleased.

    By the way, this hospital doesn't use Zoom or anything, but Doximity - they text you the link, click on it and you're in. So much easier. We did it on my iPad.

    I just tried using it to talk to Mrs. George in the other room - she got a text and we could teleconference 10 feet away, LOL.

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    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • Doctor PhibesD Online
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      Doctor Phibes
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      Yes, this is good. I had my annual physical the same way. Well, to be honest it was more of a chat than a physical. I was a little disappointed, I'd bought a pair of latex gloves and everything.

      I was only joking

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      • George KG Offline
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        George K
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        #3

        I think it's a one-on-one connection, so group chat is not possible.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • MikM Offline
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          Mik
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          #4

          Yep. I've had two this month. Works great.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • kluursK Offline
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            kluurs
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            Yeah, I agree. Telehealth has been fought forever - and it can work so well. There have been times in my life when I and the doctor know I just need a prescription - but the only way we can do this is for me to do as you mentioned: travel, park, walk, wait - which involve hours of time. My last visit with my internist was scheduled for 10:00 a.m. I was actually talking to him at 10:00 a.m. and done at 10:10 a.m.. Tests were ordered by 10:18 a.m.

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            • George KG Offline
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              George K
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              When MIL was living with us, in the early-mid 1990s, there were lots of doctors' calls, visits, etc as she was going through chemotherapy. Mrs. George was wondering if there was a way that this could be done using the (then new) "Internet."

              She investigated all kinds of things, including CU-See-Me (remember that?), but the problem was always bandwidth, and anything faster than dialup was not available, except at a prohibitive expense (like a T1 line!). She and I even attended a conference in DC in May of 1995, iirc on "Telemedicine." I really thought we were on the edge of something at that time.

              And now, 25 years later, here we are...

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • jon-nycJ Online
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                jon-nyc
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                #7

                I’ve now done three with Duke. Will do the next one that way too.

                Once I’m vaccinated I’ll go back down.

                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                • Frank_WF Offline
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                  When I was in Surg. Tech school, I asked my program director if I could get a case of exam gloves out of the lab by Friday. She asked why I needed a whole case of exam gloves. I told her (with a straight face) that I was entertaining guests this weekend. She laughed until she had tears in her eyes. LOL

                  https://tentaclesandwich.blogspot.com

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                  • Frank_WF Frank_W

                    When I was in Surg. Tech school, I asked my program director if I could get a case of exam gloves out of the lab by Friday. She asked why I needed a whole case of exam gloves. I told her (with a straight face) that I was entertaining guests this weekend. She laughed until she had tears in her eyes. LOL

                    kluursK Offline
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                    kluurs
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                    @Frank_W And you've got appropriate labels at home if I recall. 🙂

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                    • kluursK kluurs

                      Yeah, I agree. Telehealth has been fought forever - and it can work so well. There have been times in my life when I and the doctor know I just need a prescription - but the only way we can do this is for me to do as you mentioned: travel, park, walk, wait - which involve hours of time. My last visit with my internist was scheduled for 10:00 a.m. I was actually talking to him at 10:00 a.m. and done at 10:10 a.m.. Tests were ordered by 10:18 a.m.

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                      Loki
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                      @kluurs said in One good thing about the pandemic:

                      Yeah, I agree. Telehealth has been fought forever - and it can work so well. There have been times in my life when I and the doctor know I just need a prescription - but the only way we can do this is for me to do as you mentioned: travel, park, walk, wait - which involve hours of time. My last visit with my internist was scheduled for 10:00 a.m. I was actually talking to him at 10:00 a.m. and done at 10:10 a.m.. Tests were ordered by 10:18 a.m.

                      EVisits didn’t work either. Never enough money in it for the docs. Covid pushed telehealth ahead 5 years. Intuitively we always knew much could be done this.

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                      • jon-nycJ Online
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                        jon-nyc
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                        #11

                        The providers love it this year. CMS pays parity and patients weren’t coming in otherwise.

                        It will likely be made permanent. There’s a house bill now.

                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          Loki
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                          Oh yeah. The train has left the station.

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                            @Frank_W And you've got appropriate labels at home if I recall. 🙂

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                            @kluurs said in One good thing about the pandemic:

                            @Frank_W And you've got appropriate labels at home if I recall. 🙂

                            Indeed! 👍 LOL!

                            https://tentaclesandwich.blogspot.com

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