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Hi @rayrayray, Mayo Clinic welcomes both new and existing patients for virtual and in-person care in adherence with federal and state executive orders and guidance. Virtual care or eConsults for a second opinion is available for out-of-state patients IF the provider you are seeing is licensed in the state where you live. Not every doctor is licensed in every state.
Video and phone visits can be great options for appointments before, after or in place of face-to-face care. Appointment coordinators will recommend a virtual visit if it best fits your individual needs.
Here is more information and how to get started with submitting an appointment request: http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63
Am I correct in understanding that the patient is a US resident but not a resident of Minnesota?
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@colleenyoung
Just to clarify, my son is not a patient in the Mayo network. Is eConsult available for physicians outside of Mayo? I don't quite understand how it works.
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@colleenyoung
Hi Colleen, thank you for your reply! The patient is a US resident, and a part-time resident of Minnesota; he has been travelling back here (from Illinois) for all appointments with his provider thus far, with the majority of time this year spent in Minnesota. I think I understand the chain of licensure that you are describing, where the eConsult is available, so long as the petitioning physician is licensed to provide care to the patient in the patient's state.