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Many health care professionals have stopped or reduced in-person visits to prevent the spread the new coronavirus. Doctors and other health care providers now ask patients to contact them via video chat apps like Zoom or Skype. These virtual care options are available to patients, but many people don’t know about them. Google now highlights telehealth options on its Maps app and in search. office.com/setup

Google Highlights Virtual Care Options

Google announced recent features that will direct patients searching for medical care to virtual options. Google now provides information about how to contact doctors and hospitals from your home, regardless of whether you’re looking for local doctors or nearby hospitals.

Doctors, hospitals, and mental health providers can now add their virtual care options to their Google business profiles. You can also add a link from your virtual care website. A link to “get internet care” will be displayed on Google Maps when a patient searches for local providers of health care.

Google Highlights Virtual Care Options

Google announced recent features that will direct patients searching for medical care to virtual options. Google now provides information about how to contact doctors and hospitals from your home, regardless of whether you’re looking for local doctors or nearby hospitals.

Doctors, hospitals, and mental health providers can now add their virtual care options to their Google business profiles. You can also add a link from your virtual care website. A link to “Get Online Care” will appear on Google Maps when a patient searches for local providers of health care.

These features will not be displayed by Google at the moment when you search for coronavirus symptoms or conditions. These features will only be available if you make more specific searches for medical care.

You can find the top coronavirus websites on our website if you are looking for ways to keep up-to-date with the virus.