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Direct to Consumer Telemedicine: Is Healthcare From Home Best?
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15 citing papers in PubMed.
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Abstract
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) telemedicine is increasingly popular and enables patients to obtain medical advice and treatment via electronic media (e.g., computer, telephone, or smartphone) without a prior doctor-patient relationship. Convenience, accessibility, and home delivery make DTC telemedicine attractive to patients. Concerns about DTC telemedicine include: a lack of regulation, transparency, and an established patient-provider relationship (physician and pharmacist). In future, researchers, providers, and insurers need to better understand the concerns and challenges that this new form of healthcare poses.
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