WebDocsNetwork, and C. J. Strayhorn Team Up to Bring Telemedicine to the US Home Market

Sept. 15, 2012 - PRLog -- In a landmark decision, a consortium of over 900 licensed, Board Certified Physicians has brought WebDocsNetwork to the American public.  An entire spectrum of electronic media has been painstakingly put in place to allow patient/doctor consultations by video conferencing, telephone, or secure email. A consultation can be scheduled any time, day, or night from anywhere in the country, seven days a week.

WebDocsNetwork has been formed to address several major concerns of the medical community.

1.  The ever increasing costs of Doctors visits, consult scheduling, and crowded waiting rooms.

2.  An extreme shortage of general, and family medicine practitioners.

3.  An aging generation of Americans without health insurance, or the means to obtain it.

4.  Rural communities without adequate access to medical professionals.

Doctors office calls continue to increase at a steady rate.  As the expense of maintaining an office, exam rooms, staffing, and updated equipment costs increase, so do your fees to see your doctor.

Many people are putting off seeing their doctor because it has become so expensive.  The patient waits until the problem reaches a point that can’t be put off any longer, and, many times, they wind up in the emergency room.  This puts more stress on an already overloaded system that interferes with the ability to handle the true emergency in a timely manner.

Medical schools are showing steep declines in the numbers of students specializing in both general, and family medicine.  Statistical analysis has determined that in the next 5 to 15 years, America is going to face a severe shortage of general practitioners.  People who can least handle the shortage are going to feel the brunt of the shortage.

People in poorer neighborhoods and those in rural communities who are already seeing a shortage of doctors are going to find an even harder prospect of finding a family doctor.  The median age of doctors and nurses practicing in these areas is 50+, and new physicians coming in to the market are electing to practice in more lucrative, highly populated areas.

An aging generation of Americans are finding that they must delay a visit to their family doctor because of a lack of funds.  In too many cases, the pharmaceuticals prescribed are either not being purchased, or are not being taken as prescribed in an attempt to “stretch” the medication to it’s maximum.

At a time in their lives when the elderly can least afford to be careless with their health, they are finding it necessary. Because of lack of funds, or the inability to get an appointments, or travel to the doctors office, they are just “living with it”.  Regrettably, we are loosing many of our loved ones unnecessarily.  With the right care at the right time, they might still be with us.

Many rural communities are having to deal with a shortage of medical facilities, and long trips to a doctors office, or clinic.   One person in Colorado complained of a 160 mile drive one way to see his doctor.  A person in that situation will not go to the doctor until discomfort reaches a state of emergency.

A lack of broadband internet hampers some rural communities, but because consultations can be done by telephone, or secure email, telemedicine is still a viable option.  A consultation with a doctor trained to do telemedicine can literally save your life.

Testimonial after testimonial are coming to light.  One person shared that he was having some discomfort breathing.  Because it was after midnight, and he didn’t think it was bad enough for the emergency room, he was just going to “tough it out”.  His wife reminded him of WebDocsNetwork, so he called.  The Doctor asked him several questions, and then told him to get off the computer, and call 911.  It seemed he was showing live threatening symptoms.  When he was examined at the emergency room, it was found that he had 3 blood clots in his lungs.  Telemedicine, and WebDocsNetwork literately saved his life.

Our emergency rooms are becoming overcrowded, and less effective.  Our doctors are becoming overworked with exhausting schedules.  The number of doctors coming in to the market is drastically low.  WebDocsNetwork is reducing the cost of medical care to a point where everyone can afford it.  These 900 doctors are helping to ease the strain of crowded waiting rooms and exhausted doctors.  Patients can consult a doctor when they start to feel uncomfortable.  The ability to consult a physician may well save a life.

Patients can consult a doctor from home, at their desk in the office, on vacation, or on a business trip.  It truly seems that the Internet is coming of age.  It is growing up, so to speak, and has the ability to provide us with a better quality of life and health.

Visit http://lindastrayhorn.com/wdn for more information.