The
service enables parents or caregivers and pediatric patients to conduct virtual
visits by using a high definition video-conference technology.
By Tom Sullivan
July 14, 2017
03:10 PM
NewYork-Presbyterian added to its lineup of telehealth services
on Thursday with the introduction of Pediatric Urgent Care.
The latest service follows the late April launch of Second
Opinion, Adult Online Urgent Care and Virtual Visits within the hospital’s NYP
OnDemand suite of telehealth services.
“Our goal is to deliver immediate guidance and advice to a
concerned parent, and to provide children with the best possible medical care,”
said Rahul Sharma, MD, emergency physician-in-chief at NewYork
Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in a statement. “This new Pediatric
Urgent Care telehealth service is a convenient way to diagnose and provide a treatment
plan for common conditions such as fever, cough, vomiting, pink eye and skin
rashes.”
The service enables parents or caregivers and pediatric patients
to conduct virtual visits by using a high definition video-conference
technology.
NewYork-Presbyterian said a board-certified pediatric emergency
doctor will assess whether the patient needs an in-person visit or can be
treated virtually.
Pediatric Urgent Care initially will cover patients in New York
State and the hospital said it intends to offer the service to people in
Connecticut, Florida and New Jersey in the future.
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