Benefits of Teleconsultation

There are many benefits to the success of a video consultation. Among them, you will find:

• You can consult a health professional and have access to care despite the confinement.
• The absence of risk taking and exposure to the virus related to travel.
• The fact that any health care practitioner can offer virtual consultations, regardless of his or her scope of practice.
• Time saving, since you don't have to travel and then wait in the waiting room.
• Faster care because of the many Teleconsultation slots available.
• The virtual exchange can encourage the patient to take a distance: reduction of psychological resistance and shyness. This is particularly the case for psycho-therapies (psychiatry, hypnotherapy…).
• The ease of online booking, for those who are comfortable with computers: a quick booking, with the possibility to choose the day and time slot of consultation.
• Same prices and reimbursements as a physical medical consultation, for contracted health professionals.

However, video consultations are not only advantages. Indeed, telemedicine is not possible for some applications, when the therapy is based on the patient's body manipulation (physiotherapy, osteopathy), or on a necessary physical intervention (dentist, hospital care provided by nurses or caregivers, surgical acts, operations…). In addition, possible technical problems related to the connection, the quality of the image or sound may alter the quality of the consultation. Finally, a virtual interaction between the practitioner and the patient can sometimes create misunderstandings…