#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.

[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

[abbenai]

sooooo chilly. well today i’m going to the library to catch up on messages, take a teledoc appointment in a study room, and learn how to use this cool annotating thing my mom got me. idk what book i should annotate though

[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.

[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

[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

[cloudselkie]

Anyone know a good offering for Asklepios? I have sinus pain/infection (?) that a zpack hasn't touched and I need some help until I can get to my actual doctor and not a teledoc.