Contents
- E-visit to a cardiologist – what symptoms should you go to a specialist with?
- What does an e-visit to a cardiologist look like?
- What should the patient remember to make the e-visit to the cardiologist run smoothly?
- Bow. med. Barbara Wilk, cardiologist, internal medicine specialist providing telemedicine advice using the haloDoctor.pl platform
- How to choose the place where the e-visit to the cardiologist should take place?
- Bow. med. Barbara Wilk, cardiologist, internal medicine specialist providing telemedicine advice using the haloDoctor.pl platform
- Problems during an e-visit to a cardiologist – how to solve them?
An e-visit to a cardiologist is an alternative to traditional consultation with a specialist, which can take place at home. How to prepare for an e-consultation with a doctor so that it goes smoothly? What documents may be useful during an online meeting with a cardiologist?
E-visit to a cardiologist – what symptoms should you go to a specialist with?
A cardiologist diagnoses and treats diseases of the cardiovascular system. Although most conditions require physical examination, some of them can be discussed with your doctor during a teleconsultation. They mainly include:
- palpitations,
- feeling your blood rush to your head
- feeling of pressure or pain in the chest
- breathlessness even after slight physical exertion,
- fainting
- dizziness,
- swelling of the limbs.
A visit to a cardiologist is especially recommended to patients who have problems with walking or the distance between their place of residence and the selected medical center is very long.
What does an e-visit to a cardiologist look like?
E-visit to the cardiologist may take the form of telephone contact, chat or video call. If we want to make an on-line consultation with a doctor, we will have to choose which one is the most convenient – in the case of limb edema, it is best to opt for a video interview with a cardiologist so that the specialist can carefully inspect the changes. In addition, the patient chooses the time of the appointment with the doctor.
Report to the doctor by arranging a remote appointment. On the haloDoctor.pl platform, your doctor can see you within 10 minutes
During the appointment, the doctor will not only diagnose the patient, but can also issue e-referral, e-release whether to spend e-prescription on drugs such as RP, RPW and prescription drugs. The patient will receive an e-prescription in the form of an SMS and e-mail – he does not have to create an account additionally.
What should the patient remember to make the e-visit to the cardiologist run smoothly?
In order for the e-visit to the cardiologist to run smoothly, the patient should remember to prepare a document with the PESEL number, thanks to which the doctor will be able to verify his identity during the teleconsultation. It is also worth preparing a list of taken medications or discharge cards from the hospital.
Dr. Ewa Podolecka-Zabiegała, MD, cardiologist, internal medicine specialist providing telemedicine advice using the haloDoctor.pl platform
Before the e-visit, the patient should prepare discharge cards from hospitals in order to provide diagnoses, a history of diseases, and possibly surgical procedures. In addition, it is worth making a list of the drugs used and the doses of these drugs as well as the test results. If he is monitoring his RR values - the results of the last RR and possibly glucose measurements.
Bow. med. Barbara Wilk, cardiologist, internal medicine specialist providing telemedicine advice using the haloDoctor.pl platform
List of drugs, diagnosis of chronic diseases.
How to choose the place where the e-visit to the cardiologist should take place?
During the e-visit to the cardiologist, the place where the conversation with the doctor is carried out is also very important. It is worth choosing a quiet room – thanks to this, sounds coming from other rooms or from behind the window will not distract the patient or the doctor.
Only the patient should be in the room during the e-consultation. Exceptions apply to elderly people who cannot operate electronic devices for communication themselves or are under the constant care of a nurse or someone from their family.
Dr. Ewa Podolecka-Zabiegała, MD, cardiologist, internal medicine specialist providing telemedicine advice using the haloDoctor.pl platform
It is best to choose a secluded room, with no extra people, unless the person is an elderly person and has communication problems. In addition, all devices such as TV or radio in the room should be turned off.
Bow. med. Barbara Wilk, cardiologist, internal medicine specialist providing telemedicine advice using the haloDoctor.pl platform
It is enough to sit in a quiet secluded place.
Do not ignore cardiovascular symptoms, follow-up visits, and the need for medications. Choose a convenient date for you and make an appointment with a specialist
Problems during an e-visit to a cardiologist – how to solve them?
During the e-visit to the cardiologist, technical problems related to the operation of the equipment may occur. For this reason, it is worth checking the range and / or internet connection before the scheduled meeting.
Moreover (as mentioned earlier) the problem with describing the symptoms and listing the names of the medications taken is mentioned by specialists as the main obstacle hindering the correct diagnosis of the patient.
Dr. Ewa Podolecka-Zabiegała, MD, cardiologist, internal medicine specialist providing telemedicine advice using the haloDoctor.pl platform
The patient does not remember the drugs used and the doses of these drugs, often does not know the correct diagnosis, but says that he has had problems with, for example, the liver for years.
Bow. med. Barbara Wilk, cardiologist, internal medicine specialist providing telemedicine advice using the haloDoctor.pl platform, adds:
The patient is not able to define his ailments / symptoms, he does not know the medications he is taking, he cannot indicate diseases for which he is chronically treated. In this case, assistance from a person close to the patient may be recommended.
Some complaints / symptoms require a physical examination, not an e-consultation.
For this reason, it is worth preparing a list of medications taken before meeting the cardiologist and attaching the medical documentation collected so far. Thanks to this, the e-visit to the cardiologist will run smoothly.
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