New surveys have shown that the majority of people want email access to their physicians and more than half would change doctors to go to one who provided such a service.
Also more than forty percent of patients would pay for online access to their physician. This could include emails, teleconferencing, online consultations and web cam meetings.
Online consultation allows physicians access to their patients over the Internet and allows them to securely communicate with them while still getting paid for their services.
Physicians can communicate not only with patients, but also with hospitals, other practitioners and providers and others in the health care industry.
There is websites set-up now that offer online consulting to both doctors and patients. One such is medem.com.
Getting started with an online consultation is easy and takes about fifteen minutes to set-up. All it takes is going to the website and registering online. For patients it is as easy as creating an iHealthRecord.
You can then sign up for education programs and begin to communicate with your physician. You can seek out a new physician or meet with your own doctor if...