May 4, 2020 / By Krystina Alarcon | Fox News
With the surge of doctors’ offices transitioning to telemedicine platforms during the coronavirus crisis, many patients are left wondering whether the remote services are a practical alternative for your average doctor visit.
Telehealth and telemedicine platforms allow doctors and nurses to practice medicine virtually. You can easily get a prescription refill or ask your doctor questions at the click of a button without ever stepping foot into an office. The convenience of the “e-doc” is meant to streamline medicine and the services they provide. More recently doctors have been using the platform to keep their patients safe from the coronavirus.
Dr. Carolynn Francavilla-Brown, a family practitioner who has been using telehealth platforms for the last three years, says her practice went from 10 percent of patients using the digital health platform to 95 percent when COVID-19 hit.
