There are subtle differences between telemedicine, TeleHealth, TeleConsult, or Video Chat, and we know this is confusing to most of our patients. For simplicity’s sake, it is consulting with your primary care doctor over the phone or via video chat and now your doctor can get paid for their time, in part thanks to COVID-19 restrictions.
Doctors have been consulting remotely for decades since the invention of the telephone, however, they were not compensated for their time. Doctors of color — just like patients of color in the underserved communities — are subjected to various levels of the same discrimination. Let us speak truth to power. Ironically, this useful technology that has evaded underserved communities is now readily available because of COVID-19 restrictions as previously mentioned. Our heartfelt condolences go out to everyone who has lost a loved one to this deadly disease. The novel pandemic does not discriminate.
Patients of color in underserved communities have been disenfranchised for years, medical professionals included. We understand and we are working hard to remedy this problem. Thanks to telemedicine, you no longer have to leave the comfort of your home in order to get high-quality medical care. You can now chat with your physician in your pajamas!
We are excited to announce that we will soon introduce our patients to the Med Wand, a related technology that makes sense but is still not mainstream.
MedWand Solutions
Thanks to MedWand Solutions, patients can now take control of their health, in their own hands. With a MedWand on the patient’s side, clinicians can conduct remote office visits, and through the real-time collection of multiple vital sign readings and key patient assessments, detect and follow numerous medical conditions from across town, or around the world.
“The recent pandemic has forced a lot of doctors into telemedicine, some overnight. What is clearly missing, however, is the ability to examine patients and take their vitals, as is done in office visits. MedWand completes telemedicine by allowing doctors to do so.”
—Dr. Samir Qamar, CEO and Co-Founder (2020)
Watch this space!