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Hi , my name is Denise Jones . I'm a

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nurse practitioner at the DOD and

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uh we've started doing some uh virtual

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health telemedicine . When we first

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started doing it , it was during COVID

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that we first started using it and you

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weren't able to come in so it people

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were using right on their their phone .

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They could talk and when I was not able

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to use my laptop I could use my phone .

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It's been a positive . Experience it

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gives me a chance to see the patient

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without them having to come in each

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time . I've used it for doing blood

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pressures . I've had them come in ,

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made adjustments on their meds , check

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their blood pressure machine against

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the clinic , and then when they go home ,

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we set up a virtual health and the

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virtual health they're able to do the

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blood pressure there with me in front

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of them . There's been some other

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benefits as far as let's say they have

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a hearing deficit . People who have a

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hearing deficit find it beneficial to

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be able to see the person talk as well

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as hear them , so that makes the

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communication a little bit better .

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I've used it with people who have

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daycare issues where they need to go

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over labs and it's difficult for them

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to come in and find daycare they can be

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in their own home so that we can review

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their labs with them . I haven't had

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any responses as far as I don't want to

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do . Uh , a virtual health they found

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it beneficial so they don't have to

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definitely they don't have to hit the

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traffic they don't have to wait in line

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they don't have to come up to the

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clinic there's some definite

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conveniences for them and if they have

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questions they have me face to face to

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talk to .