DIVM: Getting started with telemedicine
At the Directions in Veterinary Medicine Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, Aaron Smiley, DVM, discussed burnout in the veterinary profession, and explained how to get started with using telemedicine as a potential solution.
On the second day of the dvm360® Directions in Veterinary Medicine Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, Aaron Smiley, DVM, delivered a keynote address that discussed burnout in the veterinary profession. During the lecture, Smiley explained the benefits of using telemedicine as a potential solution. In an interview with dvm360®, Smiley offered advice for practices that want to get started with telemedicine.
A partial transcript of the interview is below. View the video for more of the discussion.
Aaron Smiley, DVM: If you’re considering offering paid telemedicine, the first place to start is to do an inventory of what [telemedicine] you already do… There are minor tweaks that we make to the overall system to be able to take a clinic from free telemedicine into paid telemedicine.
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