Get Up And Do Something: Are e-visits as good as office appointments?

Get Up And Do Something Get up and Do Something is a program of the Delaware Coalition to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Nutrition. Your source for optimal health.

Are e-visits as good as office appointments? Jan 19th 2013, 11:30 A new study suggests that "e-visits" for sinus infections and urinary tract infections (UTIs) may be cheaper than in-person office visits and similarly effective. For e-visits, patients fill out online forms about their symptoms and a doctor or nurse gets back to them within a few hours with treatment advice. In the new study, the main difference between e-visits and office visits was that patients who received their care online were prescribed more antibiotics - a finding that could be concerning but is hard to interpret on its own, researchers said.

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