Many of our encounters are purely informational. Some encounters may give the physician the necessary information that would lead them to feel comfortable in actually treating acute self-limited illnesses. This is really not that different from what physicians do everyday in treating patients over the telephone for physicians for whom they are covering. We ask no physician to treat when their medical judgment tells them that to do so would be inappropriate. Telemedicine Group Inc. These patients may be interested in a second opinion or may have specific questions about disease processes that they or other family members are experiencing.
Specialists can provide a high-level of consultative support to such individuals.
On occasion, the non-primary care specialist ends up seeing the patient in their practice and providing them care. Finally, both primary and non-primary care specialists have given us the privilege of recommending them to patients who are in need of ongoing physician services. If this would be of interest to you, we would be happy to review your credentials and, where appropriate, add your name to our list of available physicians. We can also make your Internet Web Page information available to patients in your geographic area and, upon request, can produce a Web Page for you. If you like to include your resume, please free to append it as an email attachment.