#Teledoc

[wisconsintelehealthservices]

Wisconsin TeleHealth Services

What is WI TeleHealth Services?

Wisconsin TeleHealth Services, or telemedicine, is a way for older adults to receive medical care remotely using a digital device like a smartphone or computer. Telehealth can be a convenient and cost-effective way for older adults to receive care.

It can also help those with mobility or transportation limitations who may have difficulty getting to a doctor's office.

Telehealth can be used for a variety of care, including:

Lab test or x-ray results Mental health treatment Recurring conditions like migraines or urinary tract infections Skin conditions Prescription management Urgent care issues like colds, coughs, and stomach aches

During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth has been used in both home and long-term care settings. In long-term care settings, telehealth has been used to provide collaborative support for getting advice from multiple specialists.

Telehealth can also help reduce caregiver burnout. Caregivers don't have to drive patients to and from in-person appointments, which frees them up to attend to other responsibilities.

To use telehealth, seniors can:

Provide access to a device Make a virtual appointment in the doctor's online patient portal or app Practice online safety Prepare for a medical exam. Pick up medications. Provide assistive technology.

Virtual Urgent Care

[isaacsapphire]

We already went through this with retail like 3 times.

so now the AI art thing has died down a bit, here’s what I think is an actually worrisome trend in how we as a society use technology:

1. a technology is pitched as able to replicate something else, e.g. ‘you don’t need to travel to someone to see them!’

2. this vastly underestimated the complexity of the steps in between; i.e. every camera and especially your built-in laptop camera is vastly inferior to the human eye in almost every respect, not to mention all the other ways in which a video chat doesn’t replicate seeing someone in real life in the context of eg a doctor’s appointment

3. the technology is nevertheless implemented as if it did replicate the thing perfectly and now you are being awkward if you want the objectively better thing we used to have

[drop--pop--candy]

deeply hilarious that i am Absolutely Fucked Up and yet i have never been to a hospital for my own medical reasons. i don't even go to the doctor that often

[batsinurbelfrey]

"you got better but you got better Too Fast and now you are Really Sick in a different way" is such a fucked outcome to have. I read all the books and pamphlets on how to be a Model Patient, I fully committed, "for the sake of my future self" and now I'm being, Punished??? I'm probably gonna lose an organ because I DIDN'T slack off????? because I DID WHAT I WAS TOLD???? WITH DILIGENCE AND WITHOUT FALTERING?? what the absolute fuck.

[hellceo]

also I woke up with a horrible sore throat and so guess who is starting antibiotics 😭 I should be around most the day, tho we’ll see if this gets worse.

[whimsicallywiddershins]

Our HR lady told us that our employees are having too many ER visits, and the insurance company is upset that we have gone over the amount we are allowed.

Which is the most bullshit thing ever. ER is literally for emergency and for an insurance company to limit ER visits is so morally reprehensible. We pay a ton of money out of our paycheck to even get the shitty insurance and now they are telling us that no, we aren't getting what we pay for. And we should try "alternatives" before going to ER. Like teledocs.

I swear, this is just a precursor for insurance companies saying you have to go through AI bs before you can go to ER. Like some checklist you have to complete before you get care.

This country I swear to God. It shouldn't even cost hundreds or thousands of dollars just to get medical care in the first place, much less EMERGENCY medical care.

[actualscienceside]

I'm that SpongeBob at night meme but in spanish:

Joked with the pharmacist about the SO not listening to doctors... in Spanish

Asked for the check... in Spanish!

Made a hair appointment... in Spanish!!

Checked into the hospital... in Spanish!!!

[thatwitchrevan]

I'm lowkey thinking about quitting my meds again but idk if it's just because I'm frustrated or if there's actual merit to the idea. Like I don't have clear enough evidence that their effectiveness has changed and the sensible thing to do would be still refill them so I have adequate time to decide and then wean off then but i AM frustrated enough to just want to say fuck it.

[dejablonde]

CVS needs to give pharmacy hours before the store hours, like

I couldn't give a fuck when I can buy a toothbrush or bandaids, I need to know if I can have my antibiotics sent to your store now or suffer 14 more hours until you're open

[fablewritesnonsense]

I'm home with the rona. Go figure.

Best thing to come out of this though is that my doctor called my coughs "unproductive" because they're not bringing anything up.

[vaaaaaiolet]

Good thing your doctor's always on speed dial for your health scares, but can he help you out of this one?

gn / m, fluff, romance, hypochondriac reader, leon is your teledoc LMAO, denial of feelings / obliviousness, slightly ooc?? phone call transcript format in lowercase

word count: 1.2k // read on ao3

a/n: for @idyllcy + @hiya-itsamber :3

just a silly scenario i wrote in 2023 when those corny tiktok dual pov slideshows were a thing 😭 leon's dialogue is indented + in blue and nothing is proofread i fear

RINGING… [0:01]

[line connects.]

hi doc, I just wanted to call and tell you that I need to schedule an appointment tomorrow.

     that’s awfully soon, I just saw you last week. what’s wrong?

what’s wrong? more like what isn’t wrong. honestly, I think I’d rather just schedule the appointment and not waste more of your time. are you free at 4 tomorrow?

     my job is to ask you what’s wrong so I can fix it. cut out the middle man and tell me how you’ve been feeling. the poor receptionist needs a break anyway, flu season has her answering calls from her bathroom.

[nervous laughter.]

     are you in the bathroom?

…

     never mind that. do you have any new symptoms or have your old ones worsened?

this has to be against HIPAA or something, doc. I’m telling you, I’ll just call later.

[loud flushing sounds and tap water running.]

     I’m still waiting.

have it your way then.

     mhm.

I have so many symptoms, I don’t even know where to start. you know how I am about cleaning things and staying on top of my health. my chart last appointment was perfect!

     minus the minor cold you had, yes. has your cold not improved?

I’m not sure. the congestion and coughing’s all disappeared, but now I have really bad headaches. and hot flashes.

     headaches?

uh huh.

     what are they like?

they’re…weird. they start in my head, but they spread, like, everywhere.

     I see.

     can you tell me more about how they spread? is it one big headache or a bunch of little ones at a time?

they start in my temples and if I don’t take medicine for them fast enough, they move down to the bridge of my nose and into my cheeks. I swear I can feel these headaches in my chest.

and that’s when I get these hot flashes. like someone’s microwaving me on high, and I get dizzy, and out of breath, and-

     you get headaches in your chest?

in my chest! headaches aren’t supposed to do that right? it feels like my heart jumps. that’s not right, is it?

     [sounds of pen scratching on paper.]

but the curious thing is that I’ve had these symptoms before. they’re not new.

     huh? I thought they started right after your cold.

no no, it’s just that they go away when I have my appointments. I’ve been doing some research online and I think that right at the time you prescribe me my new medicine, they go away. it all lines up with the release time of the inhibi-

     you worry too much. I’m sure it’s not that; none of the medicine I’ve ever given you lines up with your symptoms.

oh.

     why didn’t you tell me this when you first started coming to our office? this is important information that needs to be added to your file.

but it really wasn’t that important-

     you don’t understand. I need your entire medical history to assign you the right medicine.

     I could have triggered some autoimmune disease, or, or, flared up more symptoms.

     god, I should have done the bare minimum and checked with your nurse. Florence, is that her name? I need to make some calls. I’ll call you right back.

hey doc? you’re starting to sound like me. don’t worry, I’m coming in for my appointment anyway tomorrow. you don’t have to get all military about it.

     you’re one of my first patients. I worry about you.

you do?

     it’s my job to worry about you. i quite like my job.

that felt nice to hear.

     it’s the truth.

the reason I didn’t tell you about it earlier is because I got a second opinion and I felt guilty about it. I felt like I was cheating on you, somehow.

     [laughter.]

     what part of your research gave you that idea? you don’t believe I can handle you seeing another healthcare professional?

it’s embarrassing! it wasn’t even a healthcare professional. it was my mom.

     your mom counts as a second opinion?

she’s licensed in all matters of life.

     I see.

…and the heart.

     that so?

she told me it was mmmfmmf [unintelligible].

     hm. I still need to hear about this incredibly important second opinion.

she told me I just had a silly crush. can you believe her?

     and she might have a point, you know. how did she come to that conclusion?

she totally dismissed my hot flashes and told me that it was normal. same with my headaches and what i’m definitely sure is a developing heart arrhythmia.

     that’s…interesting.

I get it, I thought the same thing you’re thinking right now. except she predicted a symptom I didn’t even have when I asked her.

     and what symptom would that be?

insomnia! I can’t even sleep anymore. I stay up all night in bed, thinking.

     and what do you think about?

to be honest, going back to the doctor’s office.

your office.

     my office?

yeah. whenever I go to your appointments, my symptoms go away. it would be stupid to bring up my mom’s theory during checkups, so I’ve never said anything.

     you’ve got to be kidding me.

     your master plan is to keep getting sick and showing up to my office for 20 minutes a month?

well, it sounds stupid when you say it!

     how long did you think this was going to last?

I don’t have a choice. it’s either this or nothing. 20 minutes with you taking my vitals is worth the aches and pains leading up to it because i feel so much better afterwards.

it just feels nice seeing you. i think it’s an environment trigger.

hey doc, you still there?

     tell you what, I think you’re going to have to get that second opinion.

why would I do that? didn’t I just explain to you why I can’t? you’re the only one that makes my mysterious disease go away, and besides, there’s no such thing as a second second opinion.

     listen to me. I can’t continue your current treatment anymore. it'd be breaking HIPAA to treat you like I need to because of the type of disease you have.

     and to be honest, I don’t think it has a cure yet.

are you serious? how much do I need to pay for treatment? what’s my prognosis?

[clattering of pens on desk and line breaks up briefly from movement.]

[quietly.] doc, am I going to live?

     [laughs.] you’ll live. I have no doubts about that.

well then, why can’t you treat me?

     I can treat you. it’s just that I can’t as your doctor.

you’re not making any sense.

     you’re still going to need to schedule that appointment for tomorrow, but it’ll have to be using a different phone number. call XXX-XXX-XXXX.

[furious pen scratching on paper.]

alright, and who am I asking for on the line?

     ask for Leon. and dress nice.

that’s required for the appointment?

     he has special conditions. it’s a quality of service thing.

…and you’ll be there with the doctor at the appointment?

     [light laughter.]

     I will.

okay, see you soon.

     take care.

[line disconnects.]

CALL ENDED WITH: DR. L. KENNEDY M.D. [14:45]

psst, find more of my work here!

comments and reblogs are very much appreciated <3 take care and i love you!

[cammiluna]

i also posted this on instagram and because those are supposed to have pics attached, i drew this quick portrait of my vtuber sona! XD

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These last few weeks were kind of a disaster in terms of preparing for the top surgery (what i had to describe to my cardiologist as "bilateral double mastectomy for transgender people").

Once my insurance approved it, they only gave me a 3-month window for the approval, and my surgeon gave me a 10-day window to get necessary stuff required for pre-op clearance- an EKG, Labs, charts, and a clearance letter saying I'm fit for surgery.

The problem here was that after years of ending up with the most awful primary doctors in all of Puget Sound, I decided to go with my employer's Teledoc service, so my primary doctor is now remote.

So I went on an almost 2-month long search and lots of back and fourth between Teledoc's staff and many providers to see who can give me what I need for these clearances. My primary doc won't give me the clearance because she can't physically check my heart and lungs (and she also disappeared for a week so many communications were passed around nurses, took full business days to get responses for, and forgotten), so I was directed to try urgent care facilities, but none in my area offer pre-op clearance checkups because of the liability of something went wrong.

Nobody else on internet searches had the same problem I did, which made this harder to figure out.

So then I took it to myself to reach out to a heart hospital to see if i can get the ekg there at least. It was a 2-week process getting a referral and appointment because the thing with heart hospitals is that America is the heart problem capital of the whole planet. my referrals took a week to get filed and i was hung up on twice because the hold time to get anyone went past business hours.

Today stars that 10-day clearance frame. My new cardiologist saw my paperwork and got my clearance letter, EKG AND labs done in an hour.

I have 9 days to make sure they reach my surgeon with my primary's chart notes.

I'm hoping this all goes well! <3

As for the fundraiser, I made enough to pay back the $1000 deposit i had to fork up when i made the appointment, and the remaining $2200-ish will go in my credit card since there's no way I'll be able to get that much before the payment deadline on the 1st.

Anything further coming from the campaign will be used to for living expenses during my unpaid time off for recovery and to pay off the $2200-ish debt I'll be putting on my card. I appreciate all the help and support and shares my campaign has gotten! this has been a very sudden thing to have happened to me! even if the GFM dies, i can't complain one bit! <3

[californiaquail]

they won't prescribe me paxlovid because of my antidepressants 😀🔫

ok i'm trying a teledoc appointment to get antivirals. don't know why i didn't just do that in the first place

[impala-dreamer]

dude, if you have access to TeleDoc and you know what you're talking about (like... hey, I have a sinus infection bc I get them all the time!) I highly recommend using it. I just had a 2 min phone call with a doc.

Doc: "What seems to be the problem?"

Me: My son has strep and he gave it to me. I need a z-pack. Here are my symptoms...

Doc: Cool. I can send you amoxicillin.

Me: nope. I'm allergic. just shoot me a z-pack.

Doc: I'm on it!

Me: I love you.

it's honestly the best thing to come out of the pandemic. a few weeks ago I video chatted a doc about my broken/notactuallybroken elbow. Like... it's just the best. and I saved like 200$ and a day of waiting not going to my PCP. Anyway- ramble over. Teledoc 5 Stars.

[tredispade]

some mild complaining under the cut

i dunno if its cuz i used teledoc instead of going in person. but man, that dude was pushy as hell. i know what i got. i got a upper raspatory infection. i'm prone to them. but apparently they're trying to cut back on prescribing antibiotics??

but nah, he wants to tell me and insist that i probably have covid. and that i should go outside and get fresh air.

thanks, i guess. i'll get tested regardless and pick up some mucinex or something. but the tone he used really pissed me off

[windrunner]

THANK FUCKIGN GOD THEY CALLED IT IN JUST NOW

Nvm deleted that post. I put myself down as an ASAP call on Teledoc because I’m in so much pain right now