COVID Opens Door to Comfort With Rise in At-Home Medical Tests
You save a trip to the doctor’s office. But can you understand the results? 15 million people in the US are visually impaired
– by Edward C. Baig, AARP
You wear a cuff to measure not only your blood pressure but also the stiffness of your arteries, among other vascular readings, from home. You conduct your own vision tests for eyeglasses without leaving the house. You pee in your own toilet to capture urine samples you share remotely with your doctor.
Telehealth has brought doctors back into the house virtually via smartphone, computer and tablet screens. Now several health tests that used to require a trip to a doctor’s office or lab are also being done from the comfort of home. Others are on the cusp of being approved.