“Online” and “at-home” versus traditional healthcare

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VOLUME 114, ISSUE 3, P475

Author:

Robert E. Brannigan, M.D.

Abstract:

Over the past several years, there has been an increase in direct-to-consumer marketing for both “online” and “at-home” diagnostic services and therapeutic interventions. The uptake of these new models of healthcare has been substantial, with patients reporting numerous benefits, including increased sense of privacy, ease of scheduling, flexibility, and enhanced time efficiencies. The establishment and rapid growth of numerous corporations that provide diagnostic and therapeutic services using such models reflects increasing patient acceptance of, and demand for, such options.

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Fertility and Sterility® is an international journal for obstetricians, gynecologists, reproductive endocrinologists, urologists, basic scientists and others who treat and investigate problems of infertility and human reproductive disorders. The journal publishes juried original scientific articles in clinical and laboratory research relevant to reproductive endocrinology, urology, andrology, physiology, immunology, genetics, contraception, and menopause. Fertility and Sterility® encourages and supports meaningful basic and clinical research, and facilitates and promotes excellence in professional education, in the field of reproductive medicine.