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Why You Should Have a Telemedicine Kiosk Available at Work

<p>Advancement in communication and medical devices has given rise to telemedicine&period; Telemedicine enables healthcare providers in evaluating&comma; diagnosing and subsequently treating patients who are physically miles away&period; This has helped patients in having healthcare which is accessible and convenient and also&comma; doctors who have a larger clientele to treat and earn from&period; Not just that&comma; they have proved to be satisfying for the patients which has resulted in better outcomes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Telemedicine kiosks are on a rise and are expected to increase from 15&comma;000 in 2015 to over 36&comma;000 by 2020&period; These kiosks consist of medical screening devices&comma; touchscreens and videoconferencing capabilities which connect telemedicine doctors or nurse practitioners who can then assess the patient and email prescriptions when need be&period; They are typically used for the same issues that lead people to see a doctor or seek urgent care — colds&comma; sore throats&comma; upper respiratory problems&comma; earaches and pink eye&period; They’re being installed in various workplaces and are being adopted by companies as big as JetBlue Airways and Pacific Gas and Electric Co&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They are becoming more of a need than an additional facility in workplaces and we definitely agree with it&period; Few reasons why you should have a telemedicine kiosk available at workplace are&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li><strong>Convenience<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>We live in a time where workload is twice or in fact more than it was&comma; say&comma; 10 years ago&period; With this hustle and bustle&comma; we ignore our health as it requires extra effort as well as time which is not affordable&period; Telemedicine kiosk&comma; that too at workplace sounds like a solution to the health concerns we’re too busy to address&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Telemedicine kiosks are virtual clinics with all the right devices to help you as&comma; the patient as well as the Doctor&comma; in addressing the problems that you might have&period; With that&comma; this exercise can conveniently be carried out in your lunch break or even during meetings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li><strong>Cost<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>One of the top Telemedicine companies&comma; Kiosk Software provides kiosks that come with the initial cost of &dollar;15&comma;000 to &dollar;60&comma;000 which results in hefty savings in the long run&period; The cost per patient using these kiosks turns out to be as low as &dollar;15 which is far less than the average cost of an urgent care visit which is that of &dollar;50&period; This cost cut results in the savings of &dollar;28&comma;000 a year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to that&comma; multiple health insurers such as Anthem and United Healthcare have also shown support of the kiosks and are currently testing them at worksites where they have contracts&period; Also&comma; employees with certain health insurance are even given discounts&period; For example&comma; at Pacific Gas and Electric Co&comma; if the employee has the Anthem Blue Cross health insurance&comma; patients can be treated for as low as &dollar;4&period;90&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li><strong>Better Performance<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>Healthcare is costly and comes with a lot more documentation from Insurance Companies than it should&period; This has resulted in people&comma; especially those from working class&comma; keeping them&comma; albeit their health issues&comma; from seeing doctors&period; With employers providing healthcare&comma; that too at work&comma; has enabled employees to take advantage of cheaper healthcare and be more conscious of their health&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Having kiosks will&comma; undoubtedly&comma; increase the morale of the employees&period; They will feel more important to the company which will eventually&comma; result in higher productivity and better performance at work&period; With better performance&comma; the business will be affected positively both in the short and long run&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li><strong>Family Inclusivity<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>Employers also provide the facility of kiosks to not just the employee but also his&sol;her family members as covered by the employee’s insurance&period; This facility would provide families&comma; especially those with younger members&comma; a relief with respect to finances and lessen their expenses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Telemedicine Kiosks are being adopted by various companies&comma; setting an example in the corporate world&period; With that&comma; what must not be overlooked is the hefty initial cost the set up comes with which might not be possible for various employers to bear&period; Moreover&comma; this facility is great for a quick check-up but it will disrupt work especially when another family member is over&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Furthermore&comma; telemedicine kiosks are fairly high-tech and possibly will require training in order to operate them&period; This training will not just be expensive but will also be time consuming and disruptive&period; With that&comma; like most other technological device&comma; it would also have to be upgraded in the future which will open the flood gates of expenses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is recommended that one should carry out proper research and weight costs against benefits and then make the decision accordingly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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