In Absentia #Healthcare
Most healthcare models treatment based on a provider being
present during diagnosis. An interesting, fairly new model of healthcare
arising out of the Internet craze is known as In Absentia Healthcare #inabsentiahealthcare or distance medicine. This occurs when the patient and caregiver
are at different locations but still communicate by audio and video, or
sometimes without any personal contact. (Wikipedia)
Most practitioners would argue that face-to-face care would
be a prelude to the best treatment, but not all people can get up close and
personal with the healthcare provider they trust. Even I have taken to doing
Skype sessions and sending Hypnosis MP3s over the Internet for people who want
my particular services and can’t find hypnosis or spiritual life coaching in
their area. Yes, this is not the best form of care I can give, but I’d rather my
clients have some care than none.
Also, more and more people consider on-line diagnosis with a
Doc in the Box who can provide a
quick and easy prescription for them. As long as these kinds of providers are
not doling out pain and psychiatric medicine, I believe I may be okay with this
model. I know of times in my life when I just needed an antibiotic to get over
a sinus infection. Even a trip to the local CVS was out of the question because
I confined myself to the bed. At that moment, I would definitely have
considered in absentia healthcare. I
would have to imagine that, as any Internet business, fraudulent practice
happens more and more often. So, perhaps, establishing a personal relationship
first and a yearly visit could make in
absentia healthcare work. I know that even MyHealthatVanderbilt.com is
based on the model I just described. I almost never have to go in for an
appointment if the medicine I need prescribed has already been part of a
diagnosis.
Truth be known, most of our lives are becoming #inabsentia. We have Facebook replacing one-on-one
contact with almost all of our friends. I know that even I fail to get together
with friends because I feel as though I am caught up with their lives through
so many forms of online conversations and updates. This, too, is in absentia contact. Are we willing to
move into a life where personal contact remains completely moot?
I know of some people who even have online relationships #inabsentiarelationships. My nephew has
been in relationship with a woman from Australia for almost a year, and he lives
in Tucson, Arizona. They Skype two to three times a day and plan for him to
move to Australia to get married. What if he gets there, and she doesn’t click
with his three-dimensional being? What if she thinks he smells? What if when
they finally kiss or have sex, he is repulsed? All of these things are a
possibility. I know, because I made that same mistake once.
I met a guy online a few years back. He seemed to be really
nice. His pictures were cute. We started out chatting on Yahoo, then began to
talk on the phone. Soon, we felt as if we were falling in love. How can you
fall in love with someone you have never met? He lived in northern Florida and
I in Nashville. Looking back, now, I can’t imagine how this happened. But it
did.
He decided he was going to move to Nashville. Even I had the
sense to tell him that he needed to find an apartment, and we could try dating
once he made the move. He transferred his job here. The moment he got here, we
got together. I had never been more repulsed by a person in my life. He
smelled, he chewed tobacco, and had lost about 20 pounds since his last
picture. He looked emaciated, smelled like garbage, and had a habit I could
never get used to. I knew all of this in about ten seconds.
I did wonder how I could release everything that I thought
about this person in one minute just from his personal appearance. I felt a bit
shallow. But I couldn’t argue with the revolting feeling surging through my
veins. When you make a strong choice like dating in absentia you better be careful that your date’s two-dimensional
self matches his/her three-dimensional self. Fortunately, Skype makes that more
possible. But, I still believe moving somewhere for a person you have never met
in person is a lot ludicrous.
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