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Just to clarify in the age of out of control medical costs with good hospitals in NYC -and across the USA and world -telemedicine at least for a second opinion -with doctor’s involvement from the first opinion consultation is good cost effective medicine before flying a frail sick elderly person across the country. You don’t need to be an MD/PH.D research/public health policy analyst to realize this. Mayo and other leading medical institutions//translational research institutes should take a clear leadership role. If it were your father or yourself and you were facing an amputation and life threatening heart surgery -you would want to do your due diligence as well. I tagged the moderators in a previous reply??? This thread is 3 years old and it sounds like with regard to telemedicine Mayo is stuck in the 1950’s???
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Hi @ranimal72
Here is an overview of telehealth or telemedicine
- Telehealth: Technology meets health care https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/telehealth/art-20044878
In this interview, Dr. Steve Ommen, director for Mayo Clinic Center for Connected Care, explains how digital medicine is changing health care. Mayo offers multiple services via telehealth. In most cases, the first visit has to be in person due to jurisdiction limitations (state law) and privacy concerns (HIPPA) as Dr Ommen explains in this interview broadcast just last week. These jurisdiction limitations apply to all health care institutions in the US.
Connected care and digital medicine: Mayo Clinic Radio
In the case of seeking a second opinion, Mayo Clinic doctors will review a patient's records before seeing the patient in person. Mayo’s goal is to provide the best care each patient needs, but does not want you to incur additional costs for evaluation or travel if the care we can offer is not different from what the patient is already receiving.