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Originally posted by awichiu:
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So the normal procedure of things is, when you want to see a doctor, you ring up the clinic to make an appointment, then you go to the clinic, then you see the doctor, then you pay the bill etc.
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Thank you. I'm happy to accept that my assumption that I would go looking for a telehealth provider in the first instance, and pick a clinic second is wrong. I guess when I have a genuine health concern my first thought would be to contact the last clinic I went to, if I still lived nearby. And at present, with restrictions in place, the clinic would (as you say) be likely to divert me onto a telehealth path. I'm disappointed that I've not been able to independently verify the prominence given to ResappDx (or respiratory telehealth) to form my own view on the likely impact on revenue for Resapp. I'll have to hold my curiousity in check for the September quarterly, same as everybody else.
Originally posted by awichiu:
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You happen by chance to pick a doctor that provides telehealt " - I don't know of any clinic these days that doesn't offer telehealthThe telehealth platform used by the doctor just happens to offer ResappDx " - Coviu / Healthdirect is pretty much the dominant force in the Australian telehealth market, and you can use ResAppDx via these platforms. So there's a very good chance that any doctor who does telehealth will have access to ResAppDx. And that's a lot of doctors.The doctor just happens to decide to ask you to do the ResappDx test " - Now I find this comment rather insulting. Doctors don't just "happen" to decide to ask for a test. Our decisions to order any tests are evidence based and driven by necessity. In relation to respiratory consults over telehealth, the principal consideration is whether we can safely diagnose an acute respiratory illness without clinical examination, and if not, should we do acute respiratory consults over telehealth at all? The answer before ResAppDx is probably no, we shouldn't do acute respiratory consults over telehealth at all because it's not safe. But with ResAppDx, the answer would be yes we can, provided that we use ResAppDx. So the decision is not random, it's based on best available evidence. The current best available evidence based tool is ResAppDx.
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Thank you again, and I apologise for the "rather insulting" implication that doctors "just happen" to request particular tests.
