Teleneurology Patient Visits

Dr. Nikolskaya offers tele-neurology consultations and follow-up care via video-conferencing in real time with her patients.

Benefits to patient:

  • quicker access to neuro care without a need to spend hours in an emergency room or urgent care
  • avoid extra visits to a primary care doctor for the sole purpose of obtaining a referral to a neurologist
  • get the neurological diagnosis confirmed or changed to a more correct one
  • get neurological treatment reviewed and optimized
  • save on travel time to the office as you get seen at your location of choice near your computer
  • keep your sick days for when you really need them, instead be evaluated when you are off work
  • save on months wait time and missed treatment by seeing neurologist NOW, not many months later

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How tele-neurology visit can lead to quicker improvement in health and quality of life

Let’s imagine a hypothetical patient by a name of Marie Jane. This patient has severe debilitating migraines and has not seen her primary care doctor in quite some time. She is a busy professional and finds it difficult to take time off work for doctor’s visits, she only gets 6 sick days per year. This patient finally takes a day off work to go see her family physician, who after hearing her story sends her a referral to see a neurologist. This patient continues to have the same amount of headaches and it takes about 4 months to get an appointment with a neurologist. She takes another day off work to see this doctor but on her way to the office gets stuck in LA traffic and arrives 30 min late to her appointment. Thus her appointment gets pushed back another 2 months. Now 6 months after the initial contact with her primary care doctor, she takes a 3rd day of work driving 1 hr to finally see the specialist who takes her history, does exam and starts her on a medication that helps reduce her headaches. She is bewildered as to why 6 months passed before her issue was addressed, and all of her sick days have been used up at work.

Here’s how a similar scenario would play out with if this patient chose to rely on tele-neurology service.

Patient sets up a virtual consultation during her off work time. On Sunday afternoon, in the comfort of her home, in front of her laptop, she shares her story, doctor evaluates her for asymmetry in exam, and then makes the same diagnosis and treatment plan. The patient does not have to take a single day off work. Within a few days after starting on the medication, she is starting to feel better. Instead of suffering for 6 months with many headaches, losing days of productivity, she is able to be at her best with family and at work. Due to her recent teleneurology visit, she saved hours of precious time, improved her health faster due to less headaches. She is sleeping better, eating healthier, feeling less stressed, and exercising more due to reduction in headaches. Overall her life has improved, and it did so without a 6 month wait time.