Cyber Veterinary Medicine

Electronic medicinal consultations in Israel have not become popular up to now neither in the human nor veterinary medical professions. However in the USA the trend is growing in the medical field allowing patients to video-chat with doctors on a 24 hour and 7 day basis. Patients can now sit on their couches in the comfort of their homes and consult with their doctors. This form of consultation has many advantages from the cheaper costs to not having to sit with sick people in the doctor’s consulting rooms. No more travelling kilometers to the doctor and then struggling to find parking. One exception may be for individuals living far out in the middle of nowhere; under these circumstance this seems a reasonable solution. In addition, many patients apparently find it difficult to discuss embarrassing or taboo subjects with their doctors. A “faceless” consultation could solve this predicament. Still to my surprise cyber medicine seems to have caught on in the United States with some health insurers now even covering the cost of digital consultations.
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