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Access To Care From The Comfort Of Your Own Home

A doctor’s visit through your phone or computer? Coming right up! Who would have thought that in a split second the ways we provide healthcare to the masses could change so dramatically? With the onset of Covid-19, hospitals and physician practices had to adjust quickly and adapt their processes to provide uninterrupted care to their patients while practicing social distancing. One way Carson Tahoe, among other national healthcare providers, adapted was through the use of telemedicine. With Telemedicine, providers can ‘see’ patients for routine check-ups, including medication refills – without having them come to the office. Monitoring a patient’s health remotely introduces a new level of convenience for both patients and providers. Telemedicine can serve to enhance traditional face-to-face medicine …