{"id":18968,"date":"2021-10-19T07:45:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T11:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18968"},"modified":"2021-10-19T07:45:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T11:45:43","slug":"patients-say-telehealth-is-ok-but-most-prefer-to-see-their-doctor-in-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18968","title":{"rendered":"Patients say telehealth is OK, but most prefer to see their doctor in person"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By\u00a0Yuki Noguchi for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>New Yorker Charlie Freyre&#8217;s sinuses had been bothering him for weeks last winter, during a COVID-19 surge in the city. It was before vaccines became widely available.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was just trying to stay in my apartment as much as possible,&#8221; Freyre says, so checking in with his doctor via an online appointment &#8220;just seemed like a more convenient option. And you know, it was very straightforward and very easy.&#8221;\u00a0 Continue reading the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2021\/10\/18\/1044358309\/patients-say-telehealth-ok-but-doctor-visits-in-person-better\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By\u00a0Yuki Noguchi for NPR) New Yorker Charlie Freyre&#8217;s sinuses had been bothering him for weeks last winter, during a COVID-19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-telehealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18969,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18968\/revisions\/18969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}