When is Teladoc a good choice?

When is Teladoc a good choice?

• You don’t have time to wait a week to see a doctor. Teladoc allows you to receive medical consultation the same day, sometimes even within an hour or less. Many telemedicine visits also include a prescription being ordered through your local pharmacy, which also can occur faster than if you visited your physician’s office.
• You don’t want to infect (or be infected by) another person. Telemedicine reduces the risk of transmitting contagious diseases. Since you are not sitting in a waiting room or visiting medical professionals in person, other people are not exposed to your infectious disease – and you are not exposed to the infectious diseases of other patients or of health care workers. In addition, if you need to bring children with you to your office visit, if the child is the sick one or if no child care is available to you, for instance, you may be concerned about exposing those children to the infections of others through touching furniture, books, magazines and even play areas that some physicians’ offices provide to entertain children.
• You need a lower-cost option. Depending on the medical plan you are enrolled in, Teladoc is often less expensive than conventional in-person doctor visits. 

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