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One good thing about the pandemic

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  • MikM Offline
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    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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      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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        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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          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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            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

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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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                @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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                  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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                    Oh yeah. The train has left the station.

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                    • kluursK kluurs

                      @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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