The development of technology plays a crucial role in our modern lives. The internet eases the ways to communicate between people particularly in the medical field because many physicians use online applications as a tool to contact with their patients to deliver the best treatments. However, it is non-useful to depend on this type of connection to diagnose individuals for many considerations; these encompass the dangerous diseases that need personal interventions, the possibilities of misuses of drugs, and the increased financial load on the government.
A good reason why virtual reality is not beneficial in the medical field is because there are many ills that require blood tests and special equipment to diagnose. This is to say, if a patient has an online appointment, he will not be able to be diagnosed using the essential tools. For instance, cancer is very dangerous and some types cannot be discovered by online conversations. Therefore, this example provides confirmatory evidence that it is crucial to have in-person visits to avoid wasting time that can be critical in some diseases.
As far as medication’s use is concerned, online communications can lead to overuse of drugs. This means that many patients, after using some medications, will be addicted to it. Hence the doctors who give them the prescription online should re-evaluate their mental health in-person by doing more tests to avoid using any unnecessary drugs. Research findings lend support to the claim that after the Covid the dependence on the narcotics medications increased significantly due to the depression and the missing of virtual visits to clinics. Thus, the doctors should not limit their diagnosis to online meetings.
Another point to take into account is the economical status. Having online appointments means increase the demand on the most recent technological equipment. Not only should the government provide this new service to the clinics, but it also gives to the people to help them communicate with their doctors. Based on the evidence provide in Canada, the government during the COVID paid a huge number of money to the health care provider to help them deliver the appropriate treatments to the patients. Nevertheless, the government encourages to provide the necessary treatments through all options visually and in-person.
To conclude, based on the discussed reasons of why it is important to have face-to-face communications because it is of paramount importance to discover the dangerous diseases, avoid the misuse of medications due to misdiagnosis and to help to decrease the financial load on the governments. This will help both the physicians and the patient to get the proper treatments and assessments.