Category Archives: telecare
Doctors could Skype patients to save time and money.
Online video calling such as Skype could be used for GPs consultations with patients and save the NHS money, legal advisers have said.
By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor
4:44PM GMT 12 Nov 2012
Providing doctors are aware of the limitations of the technology and are careful that the video link in secure, video calling could reduce the number of missed GP appointments, a medical legal organisation has said.
Patients in rural areas or those with disabilities could use Skype to talk to their GP ‘face-to-face’ without having to leave their own home, the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland said in advice to doctors.
The organisation provides indemnity insurance and legal advice to members.
Paul Burstow: increasing the use of telehealth and telecare technologies in the UK
Paul Burstow MP gives an overview of the Whole System Demonstrator programme and discusses telehealth innovations in the UK and abroad.
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