The virtual doctor visit.
American healthcare is changing at a rapid pace. No one knows for certain what the impact will be for the Affordable Care Act. What we do know is that changes are going to take place, and the physician of the future needs to be ready to embrace changes in the way healthcare is conducted. One of those changes certain to occur is that patients will have a significant amount of their medical care delivered using the technology of the Internet and not the traditional in-office visit where the doctor and patient are eyeball-to-eyeball. This article will describe the virtual office visit and the benefits to both the patient and physician.
Rich
R
Rosenzweig
Neil
N
Baum
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