There is quite a lot of debate as to whether online consultations (telemedicine or mHealth) are as effective as the traditional face to face consultation. The truth is that both these options are valuable, and both doctors and patients need to learn to use them options intelligently. They are really not competitive, but are complementary and each of them has their own role to play.
Doctors who have an existing relationship with their patients because they have seen them in real life can often use online consultations far more productively and efficiently as compared to another doctor who has never examined or seen the patient. The best kind of telemedicine doctor is your personal physician, who knows you, and whom you trust. These online consultations enhance the value that they can add to their patient's life, because they can provide effective solutions without having to inconvenience…
