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Do You Find Yourself Unable to Keep Your Cool?

Care on Location Can Help Emotions are natural responses to events or situations. For example, you may be anxious when heading for a job interview or getting ready to give a speech to a group of people. This feeling is normal and, interestingly enough, these anxious feelings help us do our best. However, sometimes we […]

How Telemedicine Can Diagnose 16 Common Skin Rashes

Rashes really freak people out and make up a decent percentage of all urgent care telemedicine complaints. There are several studies finding that rash diagnosis by telemedicine is just about as good as an in-person evaluation. Another recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Dermatology shows that medical providers evaluating […]

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Feeling Under the Weather? How Care on Location's Telehealth Visits Can Help.

Our bodies are made to function like well-oiled machines, a thousand cogs and sprockets turning together in harmony to make us walk, talk, breathe, and live our lives to the fullest. Sometimes the machine can have a tick in its internal workings, however, and that slows it down or causes it to malfunction in a […]

Summertime Sunburn

When to Get Medical Help for Your Sunburn

Care Connection: Sunburn Feel the burn? Summertime is a great time to be outdoors. But while the sun is warm and enjoyable to be in, not preparing for it's effects can lead to short-term pain and increase your risk of long-term problems. So, whether you are hiking, biking, swimming, or just relaxing, protecting yourself from […]

Pros and Cons of Virtual Urgent Care Visits

Everything has it's pros and cons, right? Urgent Care video visits (telemedicine) is no different. Take a look at this list to help you understand where you may benefit and where problems may arise. Pros of Urgent Care Video Visits (Telemedicine) Cons of Urgent Care Video Visits (Telemedicine) While there are some potential problems with […]

Reduce Your Costs for Non-Emergency Care with Telehealth Visits

How to Reduce Your Costs for Non-Emergency Care with Telehealth Visits

Our murky knowledge of healthcare costs Healthcare costs are outrageous and opaque. Healthcare does not follow the patterns of your standard consumer product. There are so many layers and so many veils covering up the true cost of care that I would bet most of the time, not even those providing the care know how much […]

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Can't Take the Pressure? How to Care for Sinus Infection or Inflammation.

Springtime brings out the flowers, the pollinating trees, and the usually happy to see you pets being walked around our neighborhoods. But for many of you this time of year, you feel like you are under water, or your eyes are going to pop out of your head, your upper teeth might explode, or your head if […]

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Diagnosing a Sore Throat Through Telemedicine

The Over-Prescribing Problem Studies have shown that as many as 70% of patients that present to a doctor with sore throat end up getting antibiotics yet bacterial infection has been found to be the cause of sore throat in only up to about 30% of cases. That means that there is a significant discord between […]

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