Should the medical board be worried about the rise of instant medical certificates?
There has been a significant increase in the number of online providers.
The Medical Board of Australia has raised numerous concerns about the risk of bad medicine with the rise of telehealth services, particularly those offering instant scripts and instant referrals to patients willing to enter their debit card details.
Its key concern is the limitations of the asynchronistic consult, where scripts and referrals are signed off by doctors who do not see the patient in real time.
