In any dialogue about telemedicine, you’ll hear a lot of talk about access to care. But there’s another conversation that needs more attention: what kind of care does telemedicine offer?...
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Nearly one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness – but only 42 percent of them receive behavioral health services. Cost, social stigma, inability to access care and other factors...
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Just Add Your Providers: Why GlobalMed Solutions Are Provider Agnostic Have you ever used a typical telehealth app? One of those that promise you can “see a doctor in minutes?”...
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Once upon a time, telemedicine was a simple remote-access physical exam. Doctors would visually examine patients and listen to their symptoms, then prescribe an antibiotic or recommend they visit an urgent care center. Luckily, we live in more sophisticated times now – and using telemedicine for mental health treatment is…
By now you’re familiar with the benefits of telemedicine. By expanding access to specialists beyond the physical boundaries of one office, telemedicine can save lives, such as delivering care within those crucial minutes after a stroke. Patients can also save money when they don’t need to travel to distant clinics…
Experts agree that work-life balance is important for physicians to avoid depression. When it comes to stress, healthcare professionals used to find their medical school studies and post-graduate training especially trying because of the hours demanded. A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that nearly 50 percent of…