Electronic consultation is an aspect of telemedicine which involves remote communication between patients and clinicians, or between clinicians and specialists. E-consult was one of the earlier applications which primary care physicians could use to consult specialists.

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lent itself to this approach as pictures could be sent for examination in a specialist centre in a process analogous to the well-established treatment of pathological specimens. The widespread use of

electronic health record An electronic health record (EHR) is the systematized collection of patient and population electronically stored health information in a digital format. These records can be shared across different health care settings. Records are shared throu ...

s is reducing the need for specialist applications of this kind. There is developing interest in the application of such techniques in mental health. See remote therapy.

Consultation applications

Getting an appointment with care specialists can be difficult. But electronic consultation has stepped in to provide medical diagnosis or evaluation that can be carried out over the phone from the comfort of your home. Your healthcare provider can easily place a voice or video call to you, engage you with some test questions, analyze symptoms of ailments, treat and manage them. Improved technology has made electronic consultation easier, even for those who don't consider themselves computer savvy. You can use electronic consultation through online platforms or mobile apps and request a virtual visit with doctors, practitioners, and therapists.Technology Brings Healthcare to Your Home
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patient A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, optometrist, dentist, veterinarian, or other health c ...

arranges an interview, generally by video, with a clinician, generally a general practitioner: *

American Well American Well Corporation, doing business as Amwell, is a telemedicine company based in Boston, Massachusetts, that connects patients with doctors over secure video. Amwell sells its platform as a subscription service to healthcare providers ...

*CloudVisit Telemedicine * Doc+ * Dr Fox Pharmacy *

eConsult eConsult is a medical app developed by the Hurley Group. In June 2018, the practice announced that it planned to use the eConsult online system for most consultations. This enables patients to submit their symptoms to a GP electronically, an ...

* E-med * GP at Hand * HealthLinkBC *

LIVI Livi is a digital healthcare service by Kry International AB, a Swedish online healthcare company based in Stockholm. Kry International was established in 2015 and operates as Kry in Germany, Norway and Sweden. In France and United Kingdom, the Un ...

*Ontario Telemedicine Network *

Push Doctor Push Doctor was the UK's first platform to offer video consultations with patients online and via smartphone. It is a GP provider and remote consultation enabler in the UK with a reach of 5.4 million patients. Push Doctor is a NHS-commissioned te ...

* Teladoc *

Zocdoc Zocdoc is a New York City-based company offering an online service that allows people to find and book in-person or telemedicine appointments for medical or dental care. The platform also functions as a physician and dentist rating and comparis ...

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See also: Online doctor

Symptom checkers

These let patients enter their symptoms into an application. A report may be generated and sent to a clinician. Triaging applications, such as used by

NHS 111 111 is a free-to-call single non-emergency number medical helpline operating in England, Scotland and parts of Wales. The 111 phone service has replaced the various non-geographic 0845 rate numbers and is part of each country's National Health S ...

advise on the urgency of the problem. *

Ada Health Ada is a health company based in Berlin that operates Ada, an end-user self-assessment Web application. It was founded by Claire Novorol, a British pediatrician, Martin Hirsch and Daniel Nathrath. History The app started out as a platform as a ...

* Infermedica *

WebMD WebMD is an American corporation known primarily as an online publisher of news and information pertaining to human health and well-being. The site includes information pertaining to drugs. It is one of the top healthcare websites. It was foun ...

* Your.MD

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