Your doctor in the computer

I find it extremely odd that such a high percentage of people in this study didn’t want to pay for e-mail access to their doc.  I would love, love, love something like this and I can’t imagine that a doc would choose to charge more than I’d be willing to pay.  For the chance to have a question answered without ever stepping foot in the office, or to be able to go knowing that the doctor thinks you should be there and wants to see you, and all without playing phone tag or dealing with difficult office staff...it’d be like a miracle.  It’d save so much time and hassle for me.

What’s not to happily pay for?

1. Well… they wouldn’t charge you for a phone call would they?  So why charge for email?

   Posted by aldahlia  on  05/18  at  01:42 PM

2. Of course they don’t want to pay for e-mail access. They don’t want to pay for telephone calls. Hell, if they had their way, they wouldn’t pay for the office visits.

   I don’t think it is unreasonable for a doctor to charge for his expertise and time, just like a lawyer does. Why should he give it away for free?

   Posted by DrTony  on  05/18  at  05:38 PM

3. I’m not saying that a doctor should or shouldn’t… I’m just saying why charge for one and not the other?

   Posted by aldahlia  on  05/18  at  06:55 PM

4. That makes sense.  I think they ought to charge for phone calls.  I’m assuming there’s a reimbursment problem there and that’s why you don’t see that (correct me if I’m wrong...).  I’d pay cash under the table, though, if I could. 

   Posted by Deb  on  05/18  at  07:39 PM

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