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What are the different types of doctor consultations Carefirst can help to arrange?

Carefirst makes doctor consultation hassle free. We simply speed up and deliver those doctor consultations at your home. If a physical examination is recommended, the doctor will visit your residence. If not, we will arrange for voice or video teleconsultation.

At Carefirst, we have an expert panel of doctors and specialists from about 20 medical departments. Depending on your medical condition, your treating doctor may refer you to see a specialist, or it can be your own decision to seek an opinion. We will arrange for the doctor’s or senior specialist’s phone or video appointment from our expert panel.

Apart from teleconsultation, there are situations where a doctor’s home visit is recommended, namely:

  • Routine medical check-ups where physical examination is necessary
  • Instances where the patient is not in a condition to visit the doctor
  • Non-medical factors (no escort, absence of mode of transport, infection risk, etc) which restrict patient’s movement.

We will arrange for a home visit with our resident doctor who will see the patient at his or her home.

When we buy a service from Carefirst, is doctor consultation included?

Doctor consultation is included as part of our Criticare (CCR), Post Hospitalisation Care (PHC) and Long Term Care (LTC) packages. Please refer to our Packages for details.

For all our other customers we will help fix appointments with available doctors on our expert panel. These are separately chargeable.

When we buy a home health care service from Carefirst, can we continue to consult our preferred specialist or doctor?

Yes, of course. Carefirst home healthcare services are complementary to your preferred specialist whom you are consulting with. In fact we will be keen to share regular patient updates with your preferred specialist on your recommendation.

Under which circumstances in home health care may I need to consult a doctor?

There can be multiple situations when it becomes imperative for you to consult a doctor from home, like:

  • General and routine check-ups for all adults.
  • Post hospital discharge from major surgery or other serious ailment, like cardiac and neuro care and home based oncological care.
  • In the event of orthopaedic conditions like fractures, joint replacements, spinal deformities, arthritis etc. of elderlies where movement is restricted or painful.
  • Periodic monitoring of long-term care patients, e.g. high diabetes, Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s, congestive heart failure or other heart related ailments, or any forms of progressive cancer
  • Second opinion from a credible practitioner.
  • Secondary complications to the primary ailment, which needs specialist opinion.
  • Patients under palliative care.

Is doctor consultation in home health care very expensive?

Considering the fact that you are getting a hassle free consultation at your home without rushing through the traffic, makes the entire process not only convenient, but also cheaper. You save on time, energy and stress. That’s priceless.

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  • Practicing doctors
  • Housing society Residents
  • HR / Admin from corporates
  • Nurses
  • Physiotherapists
  • Chemists and Pharmacists

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