I Really Hope Someone Is Monitoring The Risks Of Telehealth Carefully.

This appeared last week. Phone consults are risky: My 'Spidey sense' saved a serious misdiagnosis Dr Ro Goel Dr Ro Goel is a GP and cosmetic physician, Cairns, Qld. 6th September 2021 As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the country telehealth consultations have increased too. And with them the inability to practise medicine as we ’ve all been taught from medical school.  Telehealth has severely limited our ability to perform proper history taking, physical examination, bedside testing and the chance to use our ‘Spidey sense’ as I call it.   This Spidey sense is the gut feel that GPs get on seeing a patient in-person that intuitively guides us on whether they are genuinely sick or not, despite what they may be saying.   The classical cases are undiagnosed depression and cancer, where... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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