“I couldn’t do this without telemedicine,” McCrosky says.Nor could his patients. Christopher Estudillo, a member of the Laguna tribe of western New Mexico, lives in Winslow. He walks six blocks from his house to the Winslow clinic, where he can have a virtual visit with McCrosky, or a face-to-face visit on the two days a year McCrosky visits the clinic. Estudillo’s other option is driving 60 miles to Flagstaff.
Another of McCrosky’s patients, who wants to be anonymous, was infected with HIV from a transfusion almost 30 years ago.
“Yes, it (telemedicine) did feel weird at first, like talking to a TV,” she says. “But it works. You get used to it. And it’s good for Steve to not have to drive all the way over here. I think telemedicine will become even more popular that it is now. I think it’s the wave of the future.” Read more
