Who wants to get off the couch when they’re sick if a doctor is just a mouse click away?
Virtual doctor visits could become as common as face-to-face appointments because health insurers, hospital systems and employers view it as a way to clamp down on rising medical costs. They hope that by giving patients easy access to a primary care physician, it will discourage them from visiting a costly emergency room when they get sick.
Here is HExL, Inc. founder and CEO Richard A. Kimball, Jr. to explain more about the boom in telemedicine and technology.
