- Telephone visits are basically universally accessible by today's standards of living

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Can replace sine unnecessary face-to-face visits; saving time, resources, and strain on the entire healthcare system, especially in terms of cost.

Telephone visit

- Opportunities of E-consult: clinician-to-clinician communications
- Opportunities for Remote patient monitoring
- Opportunities for Patient-initiated messaging
- Opportunities for Telephone visit
- Opportunities for Video visit

Opportunities of telehealth infrastructure

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Telehealth transformation: COVID-19 and the rise of virtual care

- devalued by insurance coverage 
- medical health providers cannot conduct a physical exam
- the patient's assessment is conducted solely on verbal cues


Limitations to telephone visits

Opportunities for telephone visits

- Time-efficient for specialists
- Patient-initiated second opinion requests are possible

Opportunities of E-consult: clinician-to-clinician communications

- The patient initiates communication-based on convenience 
- Patient can use self-service tools
- Live/autonomous responses can be employed
- Live text/messaging can be used for communication

Opportunities for Patient-initiated messaging

- Respond to clinical data outside of regular clinic visits
- Recordings can be automatically sent to clinicians

Opportunities for remote patient monitoring

- Improvement on clinical care in comparison to telephone visits
- A variation of a physical exam can be made using peripheral devices 
- favorable for reimbursement by insurance

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