Just 60 years ago, house calls for doctors were common. If your child was sick you could call the doctor and he would show up in a couple hours with his black bag. While times have changed, what’s old is new again with the increasing acceptance of telemedicine. Instead of the doctor arriving on your doorstep now you might speak with him on video chat.

Transparency Market Research Published a new Market Report “Teleradiology Market (X-ray, Ultrasound, CT, MRI and Nuclear Imaging) – that valued the U.S. global teleradiology market at $92 million. By 2019 it’s expected to reach $3.78 billion.

Telemedicine is medical service provided without the physical presence of a physician. It also has various legal definitions. In some states, the legal definition includes phone consultations, while in other states the definition is limited to consultations via the Internet. One of the biggest legal obstacles regarding telemedicine right now is the need for doctors to be licensed in the state in which they practice medicine.

These legal matters are currently being discussed by healthcare professionals and legislators in an effort to create universal guidelines as telemedicine becomes standard practice across the globe. With telemedicine and teleradiology, the doctor and patient communicate in real time. You don’t have to set up an appointment or deal with different time zones. And those people who live in rural communities benefit the most by having access to quality healthcare.

That’s what we do at SecondOpinions.com. Our specialists and subspecialists are available 24/7/365 to read your MRI, CT Scans, etc. and provide you with their expert opinion. We believe a proper diagnosis is critical to creating the best treatment plan.

No appointments are needed. Patients don’t have to wait days or weeks for a consultation. Our U.S. trained board certified physicians are available to read your scans and provide a medical consultation to anyone, anywhere in the world.

Reports cost between $19 and $99 dollars. We want to make quality medical care convenient and affordable for people all over the world. Get the peace of mind you deserve from SecondOpinions.com.

Obviously telemedicine and teleradiology are near and dear to our hearts. That’s because we truly believe in the numerous benefits of providing telemedicine to people all over the world. If you’re not exactly sure what telemedicine means it’s simply medical services provided without a doctor physically present.

Telemedicine is the focus of talks among Florida lawmakers this week. Legislators are meeting to consider creating statewide standards for telemedicine. The goal is to establish reimbursement requirements as well as a system for registering out-of-state telemedicine providers in Florida. Lawmakers are hoping to set up a method of regulating health care professionals to conduct telemedicine consults in every state.

It’s good news because many Floridians have said they like the idea of using technology for healthcare concerns. But the roadblock has been with insurance reimbursement. The Senate bill indicates Medicaid will cover telemedicine. Lawmakers are hoping that move will get private insurers to reconsider their lack of coverage.

At SecondOpinions.com, we make it affordable and easy for anyone in the world to have their MRI, CT scan, etc. studied by a U.S. trained, board certified specialists and sub subspecialists.  Patients simply upload the images and experts provide you with their advanced second opinion within as quickly as an hour.  

There are no appointments necessary. Our expert physicians are available 24/7/365 to anyone across the globe. The price ranges from $29.00 -$99.00. In addition, patients can receive a medical consultation by phone or video chat from our specialists and subspecialists for as low as $49.

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Injuries are nothing new for professional athletes. Whether basketball, football, baseball or soccer, injuries pretty much come with the territory. Some injuries are career-enders others require a little rest and rehabilitation. But what every injury has in common is the need for a second opinion.

Denver Nuggets Darrell Arthur obtained a second opinion after being off the court for weeks with a strained left hip. The second opinion confirmed it was only a bruise and now the power forward is back in the game.

Professional athlete, Olympic medalist or Weekend Warrior – it doesn’t matter.  At SecondOpinions.com, we provide the best medical advice to every patient. Our specialists and subspecialists in all fields of medicine are available to you 24/7/365 days a year in all 50 states.

Simply upload your MRI, CT scan, X-ray or other digital image and our expert physicians review images and provide patients with their expert opinions within as quickly as an hour. Our physicians are board certified and trained at top universities in the United States.

There are no appointments necessary. No spending hours waiting in the ER or a doctor’s office. Our service is available to anyone on the planet. It is not only convenient, it is affordable.The price ranges from $19.95 -$99.00. In addition, patients can receive a medical consultation by phone or video chat from our specialists and subspecialists for as low as $49.

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We hear stories all the time about people being diagnosed with cancer or other life-threatening medical conditions. Just browse the internet for a few minutes and you can easily find someone coping with a disease or just being diagnosed and learning about their condition. Check out this story about a woman who learned she has breast cancer.

They may not have the same disease, the same symptoms or the same treatment options but what all of these people have in common is the option to get a second opinion. And when facing a life threatening disease, it’s not a matter of why it’s a question of why not?

In fact, these days many medical professionals may suggest getting a third and fourth opinion to make sure you’ve been properly diagnosed and that you know all the treatment options available to you. A second opinion doesn’t necessarily mean you were misdiagnosed to begin with. It could lead you to the latest medications, technology or procedures to better treat your condition.

At SecondOpinions.com we believe second opinions save lives and can potentially save the healthcare industry billions of dollars. It is our mission to help decrease medical errors and unnecessary procedures and surgeries, as well as, provide the best medical advice to patients all over the world.

Patients simply upload MRI, CT, X-Ray, Mammogram, Ultrasound or Nuclear Medicine scans and our expert specialists and subspecialists study your images and provide you with their advanced second opinion. There are no appointments necessary. No spending hours waiting in a doctor’s office.

Our U.S. trained, board certified physicians are available 24/7/365 to anyone across the globe. The price ranges from $19.95 -$99.00. Reports are received within as quickly as an hour. In addition, patients can receive a medical consultation by phone or video chat from our specialists and subspecialists for as low as $49.

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Did you read the story about a 30-year old man who died in the Emergency Room reportedly after waiting 8 hours to see a doctor? John Verrier showed up at Saint Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx complaining of a rash. A hospital worker found him dead in the waiting room 8-hours later.

The hospital claims Verrier was checked numerous times but an unidentified employee told the New York Daily news that he was never seen. The employee says his name had been called several times but Verrier did not answer. The unidentified employee also blamed the tragedy on staff cuts at the hospital.

Waiting the in the ER is not unusual according to a 2009 report from the Government Accountability Office. That report showed an average wait time to see a physician in the emergency room is more than double the recommended time in some cases.

Research from Press Ganey Associates, a group that works with health care organizations to improve clinical outcomes, finds that in 2009, patients waited on average six hours in emergency rooms. Nearly 400,000 patients waited 24 hours or more.

Verrier allegedly suffered from drug addiction over the years. But his family says he had been clean for a while. Verrier’s brother Charles conveyed something a lot of patients may feel when they visit a hospital or doctor’s office. “You’re just a number no matter where you go. That’s how they treated him, like a number,” said Charles Verrier.

At SecondOPinions.com, your health matters to us. The last thing we want is for people to feel like a number. Our specialists and subspecialists in all fields of medicine are available to you 24/7/365 days a year in all 50 states.

Simply upload your MRI, CT scan, X-ray or other digital image and our expert physicians review images and provide patients with their expert opinions within as quickly as an hour. Our physicians are board certified and trained at top universities in the United States.

There are no appointments necessary. No spending hours waiting in the ER or a doctor’s office. Our service is available to anyone on the planet. It is not only convenient, it is affordable. The price ranges from $19.95 -$99.00. In addition, patients can receive a medical consultation by phone or video chat from our specialists and subspecialists for as low as $49.

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Medical misdiagnoses are much more common than you might think. Take the woman who died in New York City earlier this year. For two years, she searched for answers to her medical problems. She was told it was asthma when it was really lung cancer. Multiple medial errors and a delayed cancer diagnosis ultimately led to her death. 

A report from the National Center for Policy Analysis found each year 40,500 diagnostic errors in intensive care units lead to death and diagnostic errors affect 10-20% of all medical cases and are more common than prescription or surgical mistakes.  

At SecondOpinions.com it is our mission to help decrease medical errors and unnecessary procedures and surgeries. We believe second opinions save lives and can potentially save the healthcare industry billions of dollars. 

Patients simply upload MRI, CT, X-Ray, Mammogram, Ultrasound or Nuclear Medicine scans and our expert specialists and subspecialists study your images and provide you with their advanced second opinion. There are no appointments necessary. No spending hours waiting in a doctor’s office. 

Our U.S. trained, board certified physicians are available 24/7/365 to anyone across the globe. The price ranges from $19.95 -$99.00. Reports are received within as quickly as an hour. In addition, patients can receive a medical consultation by phone or video chat from our specialists and subspecialists for as low as $49.

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Imagine being diagnosed with cancer and being told you have to wait more than six weeks to have crucial tests performed. That’s what happened to more than 5,200 cancer patients in the United Kingdom. A watchdog group blames it on the government’s massive reorganization of the health services department in the United Kingdom.

NHS carried out 1.6 million tests in October 2013, a 4 per cent increase compared to the previous year. A Department of Health spokesperson says, “But we are very clear that the vast majority of patients shouldn’t have to wait longer than six weeks for a test and we expect the NHS to take action to reduce these waits.”

People with cancer should not also be faced with unnecessary delays in their care. It’s scenarios like these that support SecondOpinions.com and its goal to provide affordable healthcare in a timely fashion to patients across the world.

At SecondOpinions.com patients simply upload MRI, CT, X-Ray, Mammogram, Ultrasound or Nuclear Medicine scans and our expert specialists and subspecialists study your images and provide you with their advanced second opinion. There are no appointments necessary. No spending hours waiting in a doctor’s office.

 Our U.S. trained, board certified physicians are available 24/7/365 to anyone across the globe. The price ranges from $29.00 -$99.00. Reports are received within as quickly as an hour. In addition, patients can receive a medical consultation by phone or video chat from our specialists and subspecialists for as low as $49.

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Most of us know in order to succeed we have to fail every now and then. The same goes for doctors who make medical mistakes. But in these cases the consequences can be the difference between life and death.

Dr. Brian Goldman is an emergency room doctor in Canada. He believes doctors need to talk more about their mistakes in order to learn from them. Goldman is a best-selling author and host of CBC Radio’s White Coat.

According to a study conducted 10 years ago, 9,000 to 23,000 Canadians die each year because of medical errors. The numbers are worse in the United States with 40,000 to 80,000 die each year from diagnostic errors, obstetric mistakes or improperly delivering medications.

Goldman believes the numbers can be lowered if doctors were not ashamed to talk about the mistakes or worried about retribution from colleagues. More transparency and discussion about what went wrong can save lives, according to Goldman.

At SecondOpinions.com, we want to improve the quality of healthcare across the world. Our U.S. trained specialists and subspecialists are available 24/7 to review patient images and provide their expert opinions.

We understand when you receive a medical diagnosis it can be overwhelming and you leave with a number of questions. Doctors are often overbooked and overworked and can’t always take the time to explain everything to you in detail.

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It seems the Brits are using the internet more frequently to double check their doctor’s medical advice. A new poll shows 75% of those surveyed admit to using the internet to seek second opinions.

Of the 2,000 adults polled across the UK, many say they search the web to seek out other opinions on their medical conditions. Of course this practice is more common among younger adults who use the web to search for anything and everything.

The majority of those over 45 said they would seek medical attention from a health practitioner if they were feeling under the weather. Dr. Martin Godfrey, managing director at 3 Monkeys Health and Wellness, says the results of the survey concern him. He worries self-diagnosis will become a nationwide problem if the healthcare industry doesn’t open itself up to change.

At SecondOpinions.com, we want to let the Brits, their European neighbors and everyone across the globe know that we offer an easy and affordable way to seek expert medical second opinions. Instead of self-diagnosing medical conditions, patients simply upload their digital images and SecondOpinions.com delivers a report in as quickly as an hour.

At SecondOpinions.com specialists and subspecialists in all fields of medicine review images and provide patients with their expert opinions. Our physicians are board certified and trained at top universities in the United States.

There are no appointments necessary. No spending hours waiting in a doctor’s office. Our expert physicians are available 24/7/365 to anyone across the globe.

The price ranges from $29.00 -$99.00. In addition, patients can receive a medical consultation by phone or video chat from our specialists and subspecialists for as low as $49.

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