A virtual visit with one's own primary care physician (PCP) is less likely to result in a subsequent emergency department (ED) visit compared with a visit with an outside physician, research suggested ...

Patients seem to like the convenience of telehealth, as well as the ability to remain safe from COVID-19 transmission – especially before the vaccine rollout in the United States. But a new study ...

The nation’s biggest pharmacy chains are locked in a battle to bring health care right to the palm of your hand via your digital device. Let’s take a look at the Walgreens telehealth offering… ...

This week Verizon launched a mobile-centric video visits product that physician groups and others can use to provide real-time, remote care to patients. Virtual Visits has been 18 months in the making ...

It’s December 24, you have six more things on your to-do list….and a sinus infection that needs treatment. What to do? In-person visits at UHS walk-in locations and virtual visits are available even ...

(TNS) — Teri Ooms, executive director at The Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development at Wilkes University, this week said although there are technological downfalls and some aspects of ...

Atlanta, GA, USA March 1 Prospective students and their parents take a college tour of the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta As the May 1 deadline for college decisions ...

One of the few silver linings of the Covid-19 crisis is the adoption and scale of virtual health solutions to reduce virus exposure, concerns, and impacts. Virtual visits have become mainstream, at ...

With attitudes evolving around telemedicine in oncology, one doctor explains how patients can get ready for a video appointment with their provider. Telemedicine, the use of communication technology ...

The shift to not just think about the patient but think as the patient is a critical effort to advance clinical research for and with patients. Patient-focused strategies such as protocol design ...

Oxymorons can elicit laughs: think jumbo shrimp or working vacation. But as a physician who works to advance virtual care, I’ve been thinking about a serious one that applies to virtual visits: ...