Why Is Telemedicine Care So Bad? A Doctor’s Perspective.

ย By the DevotedDOC A Physician Whoโ€™s Completed Over 50,000 Virtual Visits (and counting).ย 

Unmuted Care Starts Here: Where Clinicians Lead, Not Scripts. We Donโ€™t Silence Our Doctors. We Empower Them And It Shows.

“This call is recorded for quality assurance.”
If youโ€™ve ever heard that phrase during a telemedicine visit, ask yourself: whoโ€™s really listening?

As a physician who has personally completed over 50,000 telemedicine consults, Iโ€™ve worked for many of the countryโ€™s largest virtual care companies. Iโ€™ve practiced through the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, both in the emergency department and behind the virtual screen. And I can tell you this:

The problem with telemedicine isnโ€™t the technology. Itโ€™s how corporations have chosen to use it.  Weโ€™re setting a new national standard for virtual care: clinician-led, patient-centered, and partner-ready. 

The Hidden Truth Behind Todayโ€™s Telemedicine Giants

Telemedicine was supposed to be the great equalizer accessible,ย affordable, andย clinically sound. But somewhere along the way, the pioneers who built it got lost in their metrics.

Behind the scenes, clinicians are being:

  • Micromanaged by productivity dashboards
  • Monitored in real-time (yes, your calls really are being listened to)
  • Punished for clinical judgment that doesnโ€™t align with performance KPIs
     

Weโ€™re reprimanded for not prescribing antibiotics. Weโ€™re reviewed for not pleasing a customer who demanded inappropriate care. Weโ€™re forced to choose between keeping our jobs and doing whatโ€™s medically right.

This isnโ€™t patient-centered care. Itโ€™s corporate-centered compliance.

Clinicians Are Burnt Out And Patients Feel It

Many of us came to telemedicine because we were already burnt out by the traditional healthcare system. Hospital closures, staffing shortages, and month-long waits for basic appointments pushed both doctors and patients into virtual care.

But what we found in these telehealth companies was just another system of control only now behind a screen.

The result? Rushed visits, dissatisfied patients, and clinicians under silent surveillance.

DevotedDOc Was Built to Take Telemedicine Back

We believe in putting trust back in the hands of clinicians

Thatโ€™s why DevotedDOC was founded not to chase volume, but to deliverย evidence-based, meaningful care.

We offer:

  • Autonomy for doctors, not scripts and call quotas
  • Value for patients, not transactional medicine
  • Support for employers and partners who want ethical, effective care for their communities 

Weโ€™re not following their blueprint. Weโ€™re building something better.
At DevotedDOC, weโ€™ve seen how the system works and how it fails.ย 

Thatโ€™s why weโ€™re creating a new model: one built on clinical autonomy, real partnerships, and care that puts people over metrics. 

Weโ€™re rewriting the rules starting withย trust,ย access, andย clinical excellence.ย 

 A New Model for Telemedicine: Partner-Led, Patient-Centered 

We canโ€™t let a few companies define what telemedicine is. 

We need toย take it back for the doctors who care, for the patients who deserve better, and for the future of healthcare that still believes in doing the right thing.

If you’re a patient who’s had a bad telemedicine experience know it wasnโ€™t the technology that failed you.
And if youโ€™re a clinician who’s tired of being watched, measured, and silenced you have a place with us.

Want to Learn More?

Explore how DevotedDOc is redefining virtual urgent care, addiction treatment, and employer-based telehealth partnerships built by physicians, designed for real impact.ย www.devoteddoc.comย 

Together, we can make telemedicine better for everyone.

โ€” The DevotedDOc
Founder | Emergency Physician | Advocate for Patients and Clinician-Led Virtual Care 

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