Rinehart doesn’t have a specialist near her home outside Denver who can treat her. These visits were done virtually during the pandemic.
Rinehart’s oncologist, Dr. Shannon MacDonald, said telemedicine regulation enforcement seems to be more aggressive now than it was before the pandemic, when video visits were still emerging.about the issue in The New England Journal of Medicine. A fall “literally could be life ending” for someone with a condition like Parkinson’s disease who has trouble walking, he said.
She rented an apartment with her father so she could be in the same state for telemedicine visits, a situation she deemed “ridiculous.” “It’s bigger than just telemedicine,” he said. “There’s a missed opportunity there to level the playing field.”
Rather than continue working until my doctor is ready to see me, I should sit in a waiting room for 1 to 2 hours for a 15 minute appointment to refill a prescription. Rather than stay at home, I should drive 2.5 hours each way to see my allergist. Totally makes sense.
Feel like 90% of telemedicine is just casually handing out adderall prescriptions
Get back to work.