The doctor is online!
The program enables customers to book an appointment with their preferred DoH volunteer doctor for free at the comfort of their own home
Thirty telemedicine doctors who have volunteered in the Department of Health (DoH) Healthcare Warrior Program will provide unlimited video consultation to customers of telehealth service KonsultaMD until 22 June.
The program enables customers to book an appointment with their preferred DoH volunteer doctor for free at the comfort of their own home. Members may also engage in teleconsultation with a licensed KonsultaMD doctor anytime via voice or video, depending on their chosen subscription. They may also request an e-prescription and e-laboratory.
Its team of doctors can also provide general health information, guidance and specific measures, interim care and self-care recommendations, reading of laboratory and diagnostic results, health coaching, nutrition counseling, and prescribe medication. The app also provides a telephone triage which determines the urgency of the caller’s condition.
Maridol Ylanan, CEO of Global Telehealth Inc. which operates KonsultaMD, said “We are glad to be chosen by DoH as one of their platforms to reach out to people who need medical advice. Telemedicine is a viable alternative to face-to-face consultation and is one way of decongesting our hospitals so that the medical staff can focus on critical cases.”
To subscribe, customers may download the KonsultaMD app for free from the App Store for iOS or Google Play Store for Android. Global Telehealth Inc. is a joint venture between 917Ventures, a corporate incubator wholly-owned by Globe Telecom, and Salud Interactiva, one of the oldest telehealth companies in the world with 22 years of experience in telemedicine and six million members in Mexico.