How do VIRTUAL doctor's appointments work?

Can you do a video chat with your doctor on a phone that doesn't make calls only has wi-fi connected?

I remember doctors making house calls. Too many people need help should use online video chats and call in a prescription or blood work.That would free up roads and doctors nurses overwork.

I have an upper bronchial respiratory infection and since then, I now an eye infection to boot. I went to the doctor and he gave me everything but what I really needed and that was antibiotics. Amoxicillin would have been a cure. I'M 68 years old, combat vet and know what I'M talking about, When I see different prices for faster service, I know nothing never changes. I still go to work as a mechanic thinking how guys like me would pull your fat out of the fire, but would get over charged for an aspirin. I simply don't trust you folks anymore. You use to make house calls back in the day, now a blind eye to the vaccine. What the hell happened to you people?

I do have a question. Just had my lab results done thru Quest Diagnostics and have low vitamin D and low iron. If I were to schedule a zoom call how will the doctors be able to prescribe me anything without the results? Will I have to fax them or scan the results to the doctor I will see? I've never had a zoom conference call before, it's a great idea with COVID still lurking around. I feel uncomfortable going to the doctors because people are too laxed with not wearing a mask. I stay away from the germs as much as possible.

Thank you a lot for this video. This is very interesting and informative. Keep posting like those amazing videos, this is awesome.

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Great video! Virtual doctor calls are the wave of the future. Wondering if you get questions from patients about compounded medications.

Thanks I will have my first zoom appointment tomorrow sounds simple enough thanks

Thank you for the information about a virtual appointment, I’m in Oregon and will need to do a virtual since I’m 200 miles from OHSU in Portland, I found your video as I was trying to educate myself, thanks again.

Aweee your daddy is sooo sweet and cool—- very techie! It took my 75 year old Director of Engineering father 2 days to figure this out.

so wholesome

Do you have advice for Drs who want to offer virtual appointments...? Do you use different Hippa forms? How do you know if it’s legal in your state? How do you charge a patient?

I'm in the usa can I do virtual app with u

The VA has s virtual setup

How the video face time done at the office like have next month

Very helpful. I have my first virtual appointment coming up next week and appreciate the introduction so I know what to expect. Thank you v

Thank you,

Do you have to download the zoom app for dr virtual appointments

There are a few reasons why I personally am against virtual meetings. I had an obgyn appointment and needed to have blood work done. These appointments proved to be not so efficient for someone like me. Aside from that, your insurance is still billed for a video chat service. That's something that disappointed me. As long as they take precaution with patients; wearing masks, gloves etc, then I think that would still help to lower the spread of Coronavirus.

This is the most ridiculous thing i have ever seen how do they expect to do a real Physical exam threw a Monitor?! This sounds like recipe for misdiagnosis and malpractice.

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Doctor to Dad: all that tuition you paid for....
me: I wish i had a father like that lol
honestly though its called a physical for a reason how is one supposed to take their pressure? or know if they have a fever? how are doctors supposed to do tests of any kind and listen to their lungs? how is one supposed to check the insides of people if they require cat scans? lol simply TELLING someone your symptoms isnt enough for a doctors visit and allowing nurses makes no sense when the doctors should be the ones performing them lol this is not very helpful in mild cases yes but when someone has a condition that literally requires a complete physical and someone is just hearing their symptoms vs actually physically testing them then the results would be more guessing than an accurate answer. i understand people are trying to reduce as many people as possible but honestly this type of communication for doctors visits would only be useful if you had a freaking robot in your house or if the patient had certain virtual tools that could easily be uploaded to the doctor which we dont have at the moment. it makes more sense to make house calls and have doctors see patients one on one vs going in and out of a hospital so long as the doctor is in 100% full health an obviously wear complete head to toe gear for their protection this virtual vieo and phone chat makes no sense for actual visits. I hope things go back to normal soon. the way we live is beyond rediculous. at this rate we could say we hardly have an doctors at all. you could easily misdiagnose someone if you cant give them a physical evaluation if its something minor then MAYBE you might be able to slide but cmon now there could be a million different things that need testing and cannot be done unless A. some thing is mailed to the patient and B. Go see the person face to face
masks by itself dont protect people why are so many people beliving this lol you would see me wearing gas masks and a suit from head to toe screw that glove and mask crap if its that serious lol just being honest this is way of seeing doctors is extremely cringy and its like giving people half a doctor but this was helpful i suppose to know how it works.

I will never allow a telehealth visit. I will never waste a single dollar on a stupid phone call. This is simply worthless to the patient.

I installed zoom but that’s all, I didnt join anything. The drs. Office said I didn’t need zoom. So we shall see what happens on Monday when I enter the online waiting room for the appointment with links they’ve given.

I installed zoom but that’s all, I didnt join anything. The drs. Office said I didn’t need zoom. So we shall see what happens on Monday when I enter the online waiting room.

That sounds real cool

Thank you, this was extremely interesting. I've never used Zoom and your video also showed me how easy it is to use.