| Need a doctor's excuse note for school or work | | | | treatment or health information. With the |
| but do not want to invest the time and money to | | | | increasing costs of healthcare, diagnosing illness |
| actually visit the doctor? Well, look no further than | | | | alone is expensive and time consuming, not to |
| the Internet. Thanks to the emergence of | | | | mention the high cost of treatment. The |
| "telemedicine," you can obtain a printable doctor's | | | | American Medical Association has stated that |
| excuse online, through reputable websites that | | | | 70% of doctor's visits are informational in purpose |
| specialize in online doctor consultations. | | | | only, and could easily be handled over the Internet |
| Telemedicine has made it possible to communicate | | | | or phone. Contributing to this is the fact that |
| with doctors via telephone and online, paving the | | | | patients' personal health information can be |
| way for a new future in medical consultations | | | | obtained, transmitted and stored digitally. |
| using the infrastructure already in place and | | | | How Does Telemedicine Work for Me? |
| resources that people use on a daily basis. | | | | There are numerous telemedicine services that |
| With the ease and accessibility of the Internet in | | | | provide an array of comprehensive services, |
| the Information Age, it is only logical that | | | | which include online medical consultations, |
| necessary services such as healthcare utilize new | | | | diagnoses, prescriptions, and doctor's notes for |
| technologies for increased efficiency. Services that | | | | school and the workplace. This makes this service |
| provide online doctor consultations and | | | | ideal for people who travel for leisure or business, |
| prescriptions exist with the understanding that | | | | as well as those in transportation industries such |
| telecommunications is a tool to improve the | | | | as pilots and train operators, students, and people |
| service that the health care industry provides. | | | | on the go in general. Those who do not have the |
| Within the scope of telehealth is a wide range of | | | | time to make an appointment, let alone go to the |
| services - from consulting a qualified, licensed | | | | doctor's office for a small ailment could be easily |
| online doctor to receiving prescription refills to | | | | treated online, for faster relief at their |
| obtaining a doctors note. Many healthcare | | | | convenience. This service is especially ideal for |
| systems have integrated this form of medical | | | | those with limited or no health insurance, as costs |
| care; and more are following suit on a rapid basis. | | | | are typically lesser and more predictable. |
| How are online doctor consultations and | | | | The Future of Telemedicine |
| prescriptions services possible? | | | | As time goes on, it is a priority in the health |
| Online doctor consultations and prescriptions, also | | | | industry to make telemedicine, or online doctor |
| known as telemedicine, are possible with the | | | | consultations more accessible and affordable for |
| continuing spread of information technology. With | | | | personal use at home. Already many |
| the encompassing network that the Internet | | | | accommodations have been made to provide |
| provides, it is easier than ever to connect people | | | | affordable equipment to consumers. Online doctor |
| with hardware and even wirelessly through | | | | consultations will be more readily available to the |
| buildings, linking communities and countries | | | | general population as the number of personal |
| worldwide. | | | | computers and mobile phones with Internet |
| Before websites offered online doctor | | | | access increases globally. Greater access and |
| consultations and prescriptions, people had to | | | | efficiency of the health care industry will positively |
| travel to a doctor's office, or have a doctor | | | | influence people's quality of life. |
| come to them to obtain any kind of medical | | | | |