A sore throat. A pounding headache. No time to sit in a waiting room for hours. Many have faced this dilemma. Today, telemedicine has made healthcare accessible. A few taps on a phone, a quick video ...

Employees choosing workplace health benefits for next year will probably not see a major change in their premiums. But they are likely to encounter more options for “virtual” doctor visits. Employees ...

Samsung Health is making it easier for people to have a visit with their doctor using a new virtual appointment feature, the company has announced. Virtual doctor visits aren’t new in general, but ...

Unless a doctor does a physical exam, too often children with ear infections receive prescriptions for antibiotics, said Mehrotra, pointing to a study he co-authored comparing prescribing differences ...

Virtual medicine lends itself to better conversations, writes Geoff Rutledge. Research shows that stronger relationships between primary care physicians and their patients yield significantly better ...

Millions of people will be able to see a doctor on their smartphones or laptops for everyday ailments once the nation’s largest drugstore chain and two major insurers expand a budding push into ...

Results of a five-year study on telemedicine showed that patients can be treated virtually by physicians as effectively as if the patients made physical visits to the doctor’s office. In another ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country in early 2020 and emptied doctors' offices nationwide, telemedicine was suddenly thrust into the spotlight. Patients and their physicians turned to virtual ...