tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post6789958971489888614..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: On the sunny side of the street: Is it time for an independent evaluation of 'telemedicine'?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-3811192827515630542008-04-04T20:50:00.000-05:002008-04-04T20:50:00.000-05:00It is time for an independent evaluation of ALL th...It is time for an independent evaluation of ALL the supposed "health services" in TDCJ. They are saving money on prescriptions because they use 2nd rate drugs, when they supply them at all. Telemed services are a poor smoke and mirrors parlor trick for Hightower to please the politicos. Even person to person health diagnostics are frighteningly lacking. People are actually dying frequently from poor or nonexistent health care in TDCJ. This is a crime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-63315764528946863262008-04-04T20:35:00.000-05:002008-04-04T20:35:00.000-05:00Any medical person can tell you, you have to be ab...Any medical person can tell you, you have to be able to assess each and every patient face to face to reach a conclusion as to how sick that person is. Usually a good RN can look at a person's eyes and tell whether that person is really ill and sometimes what is wrong with him/her.<BR/><BR/>Telemedicine from what I have seen, does not begin to examine a person and only looks at x-rays and listens to whatever someone, hopefully a Real Nurse or LVN has written on a record. This is not an accurate examination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-88789813412606668442008-04-04T18:14:00.000-05:002008-04-04T18:14:00.000-05:00maybe the prescription savings are a good thing bu...maybe the prescription savings are <BR/>a good thing but who among us in the free world would consent to telemedicine? Getting any medical treatment in the tdcj takes months and I still fail to understand diagnosis and treatment by remote controlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-12156776328012562932008-04-04T06:28:00.000-05:002008-04-04T06:28:00.000-05:00The way money is saved on prescriptions is that th...The way money is saved on prescriptions is that the cheapest drugs are used, no matter if they are less effective, and other medicines are not used at all. As a Crohn's disease patient, I have experienced the big difference between freeworld healthcare and UTMB. For example, I was prescribed Mesalamine, but received azulfadine, an older and much less effective drug. I never got anything to control the inflammation that occurs with any Crohn's patient. Now that I'm back to the freeworld, I'm getting treatment for a fistula that won't heal, thanks to the care I got from UTMB. BTW, the fistula developed while I was taking the azulfadine in TDCJ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80624057172759183462008-04-03T21:52:00.000-05:002008-04-03T21:52:00.000-05:00I think Raimer is a bald-faced liar. He'll say wh...I think Raimer is a bald-faced liar. He'll say whatever he needs to in order to deflect the political heat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com