Direct to Consumer Telemedicine: Is Healthcare From Home Best?
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Missouri medicine
Abstract
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) telemedicine is increasingly popular and enables patients to obtain medical advice and treatment via electronic media (e.g., computer, telephone, or smartphone) without a prior doctor-patient relationship. Convenience, accessibility, and home delivery make DTC telemedicine attractive to patients. Concerns about DTC telemedicine include: a lack of regulation, transparency, and an established patient-provider relationship (physician and pharmacist). In future, researchers, providers, and insurers need to better understand the concerns and challenges that this new form of healthcare poses.
First Page
303
Last Page
309
Publication Date
7-1-2020
Recommended Citation
Bollmeier, Suzanne G.; Stevenson, Emily; Finnegan, Patrick; and Griggs, Scott K., "Direct to Consumer Telemedicine: Is Healthcare From Home Best?" (2020). Pharmacy Practice Faculty Publications. 221.
https://collections.uhsp.edu/pharm-practice_pubs/221