Provided a consultation with fellow doctors has taken place, however, the doctor administering the treatment can't be sued.
Here, the teacher provides a consultation hour for the students.
Video consultation in the home is the most economical method of providing a consultation.
More surgeons and GPs (> two-thirds) were opposed to specialists providing a consultation audiotape than oncologists (one-third).
A medical doctor performed a physical examination including a routine medical check-up, pulse measurement, and injury examination and provided a consultation.
The HTP is therefore not only an economical method of providing a consultation, but also a practical solution to providing care when a family resides at a distance from the hospital.
When the costs of providing a consultation including those that were assumed to have required air travel are calculated, the cost savings are substantially greater: compared to delivering consultations via the OPD, the HTP saves the health service $23,758 and compared to delivering the same service via home visits, the HTP save the health service $45,925 per annum.
In addition to video teleconsultation, in which a specialist doctor provided a consultation to the patient via videoconference, there were a number of case discussions undertaken by the specialists in the PAH-TC that are not included in the above figures.
Each practice was encouraged to consider how to maximise the benefit from the LHWs' work, and to integrate them as much as possible into practice systems, such as providing a consultation room, filing space, access to practice computer systems (EMIS) to share patient information, and access to team meetings.
