During the pandemic, I engaged in telemedicine with my patients out of necessity. This platform was already destined to become part of the medical landscape even prior to the pandemic. COVID-19 accelerated the process. The appeal is obvious. Patients can have medical visits from their own homes without driving to the office, parking, checking in, finding their way to the office, biding time in the waiting room and then driving out afterwards. And patients could consult physicians from far distances, even across state lines. Most of the time invested in traditional office visits occurs before and after the actual visits. So much time wasted! Indeed, telemedicine has answered the prayers of time management enthusiasts. At first, I was also intoxicated treating patients via cyberspace, or telemedically, if I may invent a term. I could comfortably sink into my own couch in sweatpants as I guided patients through the heartbreak of hemorrhoids and the distress of diarrhea. Clear
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