Benefits for Patients and Their Families
- Time – No hours spent traveling or waiting in a doctor’s office, and no need to take time off from work, and no need to pull kids out of school for half a day. A survey of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) patients found that if they had no access to a virtual visit, 40% would have forgone care to avoid traveling!
- Hassle – No need to leave home for a trip to an unfamiliar hospital in an unfamiliar city. No winter travel during unpredictable weather. No worries about acquiring an infection from another patient. Kids miss less school.