After Zoom overdose in 2020, this could be the thing that Makes Videoconferencing Awesome Again!
In 2020, I encountered three common groups of people online. The first were people who were trying to recruit me for work, despite my profile clearly showing that I work in my own practice and am actively building this up to serve the local community. The second group were the medical marijuana proponents. The following anecdote tells you all you need to know about them:
Me: ‘My patient is…’
Medical Marijuana Dealer (MMD), interrupting: ‘Medical marijuana will be great for that!’
Me: ‘My patient is, well…’
Medical Marijuana Dealer (MMD), interrupting: ‘Medical marijuana will be great for that!’
Me: ‘My patient is dead.’
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Medical Marijuana Dealer (MMD): ‘Medical marijuana will be great for that!’
The last group were the people who repeatedly said things along the lines of ‘Doctor, if you are not using video for online consultations, do you even care about your patients?’ This was said with no thought as to the:
Added friction of online video (just hark back to any time you have tried to use tech with an older relative);
Casual ignorance of privilege (I am typing this on my top spec computer with 100Mb internet, many of our patients are not so lucky);
The significant costs and scanty rewards of video consultations (large set up costs for marginal gain in most GP consultations, with no added rebate and patients unwilling to bear the costs)
So, given that (and I am sure all of these issues will be dealt with by time), lets have another look at the perils of video consulting, even with rich white males and top tier technology!
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(Hat tip: Dr Oliver Frank)
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