The useful starting point: Ask whether the telehealth service can send a visit summary, which results or medication changes it wants shared, and how its clinician can speak with your primary care office when needed.
Put the idea into practice
Get instructions for requesting or authorizing records. Keep an accurate list of prescriptions and let both care teams know when another clinician changes a medication.
Three questions to take with you
- Can you send my clinician a visit summary?
- Who owns medication reconciliation?
- What if the two clinicians disagree?
Where the digital workflow ends
An online platform can organize intake, messaging, billing, and follow-up, but it cannot replace an appropriately licensed prescriber’s judgment. Keep your local care contacts available, and do not use routine portal messages in place of emergency medical services.
Before you act
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