In: Anatomy and Physiology
As noted in the lecture one for the week, virtual physicians are becoming more common. Due to not being face to face, many critics have argued that the Physician cannot correctly diagnose as they do not have patient vitals (heart rate, O2 rates, blood pressure, temp, etc.). In your initial post, discuss whether or not you agree with the critics in their assessment and why.
As virtual physician it is true that consultation and finding out the exact disease can become tough and difficult. Most of the virtual physicians attend to the patient through a videoconferencing and hence enables a patient to interact to offsite medical specialist, discuss the problem and prevent the whole ordeal of travelling to a different place. They help in evaluating, diagnosing as well as treating patient through videoconferencing and telecommunication. They work through remote monitoring but there are some gaps and doubts since they do not have access to or get the vitals of the patient immediately. However, such technology of using physicians virtually for consultation and their ability to diagnose is limited as they are not able to test things and does not know the vitals of the patient. It is beneficial for someone who is suffering from something that can be noticed physically like allergic reaction, rashes or even good for psychological consultation. It is not something that can be relied upon when a lot of information regarding current condition is needed through multiple tests.