"You can schedule appointments within hours sometimes minutes of realizing you need care and see a doctor from your couch, in your pajamas. Do you have a medical question you'd like an honest answer on? Write us at thrive@npr.org, and we'll consider your question for the column. But there can also be some serious drawbacks. For one, you might get hit with unexpected costs. And for medical conditions that aren't straightforward, there can be real benefits from building a relationship with a doctor IRL."
"Telehealth can be delivered via video chat or phone or by filling out an online form. In the latter case, a doctor reviews the form and provides a treatment plan without talking to you at all. Erectile dysfunction and hair loss medications some of the first and most heavily advertised treatments available via telehealth are pretty safe to access this way. Answer a few questions through a form, type in your credit card information, and the medications are in the mail."
Telehealth enables rapid access to care via video, phone, or online forms, sometimes within hours or minutes, allowing patients to see a clinician from home. Medicare’s expansion of virtual-visit payments during the COVID-19 pandemic spurred rapid growth, and many insurers followed. Certain treatments, such as erectile dysfunction and hair-loss medications, can be safely delivered through online-questionnaire models with prescriptions mailed to patients. Telehealth carries risks of unexpected costs and may be inadequate for complex or unclear medical issues where ongoing, in-person relationships provide diagnostic and management benefits. Different telehealth methods suit different health concerns, so patients should weigh convenience, safety, and expense.
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