Video telemedicine took off earlier this year as the coronavirus paused in-person doctor visits. Earl Egner missed that trend. The 84-year-old diabetic and cancer survivor has no computer or cellphone ...

Dr. Marie Savard gives 'insider secrets' to help you reach your doctor. Aug. 7, 2008 — -- Hospitals and doctors' offices are busy places where the squeaky wheel gets the grease. But Dr. Marie ...

Nobody plans to get sick, but nabbing a doctor’s appointment on short notice is nearly impossible. Many people end up languishing in the Emergency Room or Urgent Care, only to be told at the end of ...

Doctors in Massachusetts are billing insurance companies and patients for the time they spend with patients on telephone calls. Doctors may charge for speaking with patients and other health care ...

Going to a doctor's office and waiting in a fluorescent-bathed room full of gross, sick people has been a common form of torture ever since doctors ended house calls. But technology can fix that, just ...

Doctors should be paid for their time. Not too many people disagree with that thesis. It was a surprise, however, to find some doctors were charging health insurance companies for telephone calls to ...