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Ngokuyisisekelo, inothi lodokotela, elivame ukubizwa ngokuthi inothi lokugula emsebenzini noma isizathu lodokotela, liyidokhumenti esemthethweni yezokwelapha efunywe umhlinzeki wezempilo onelayisensi. Liyidokhumenti yomthetho eqinisekisa ukuthi unaso isizathu sezokwelapha esisemthethweni sokungabi khona emsebenzini wakho.
Kodwa kungani leli phepha libaluleke kangaka kumqashi wakho? Akuvamise ukuthi ngoba akumthembisi. Kunezizathu eziningana ezingokoqobo nezingokomthetho:
Ukuqonda indlela yokuthola inothi lodokotela yisinyathelo sokuqala, kodwa kubaluleke ngendlela efanayo ukuqonda injongo yalo endaweni yokusebenza.
Ake sibe aqotho, indlela yakudala yokuthola inothi lezokwelapha iyaganga. Ihlanganisa:
Ngenhlanhla, kukhona okunye okukhethwa okukhaliphe kakhulu: inothi lodokotela le-inthanethi. Izinsizakalo ze-Telehealth zenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukuxhumana nodokotela onelayisensi noma yikuphi.
Nansi indlela elula, indlela yokuthola inothi lodokotela usebenzisa ipulatifomu ye-virtual:
Le nqubo yonke yakhelwe ukuba kube lula kuwe, ikuvumela ukuba ugxile kulokho okubaluleke kakhulu: ukuphumula nokululama.
Noma ngabe uthola inothi lakho mathupha noma ku-inthanethi, kufanele liqukethe ulwazi oluthile ukuze liqashelwe umnyango we-HR womqashi wakho. Isifanekiso senothi lodokotela esijwayelekile, esigcwaliswayo osithola ku-inthanethi akufanele sithathe indawo yokuhlolwa kwezokwelapha yangempela futhi cishe sizokwenqatshwa—futhi singakubeka enkingeni enkulu.
Ukuze samukelwe, inothi lodokotela le-inthanethi elisemthethweni kufanele liqukethe lezi zingxenye ezibalulekile:
Lapho umqashi ethola inothi lokugula emsebenzini elinezo zonke lezi zingxenye, angaba nesiqiniseko sokuthi liyangempela.

Abasebenzi abaningi bakhathazeke ngobumfihlo babo lapho bethumela isizathu lodokotela emsebenzini. Umphathi wakho angabuza ini? Banelungelo elingakanani lokwazi? Lapha yilapho imithetho yezwe njenge-HIPAA ne-FMLA ingena khona.
I-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ngumthetho wezwe okuvikela ulwazi lwakho lwezempilo olubucayi. Uma kukhulunywa ngomqashi wakho, ubudlelwano phakathi kwama-HIPAA namaculo odokotela bucacile:
Ezimweni zempilo ezibucayi kakhulu ezidinga ukuphumula isikhathi eside, eminye imithetho ihlinzeka ngesivikelo:
Ngakho-ke, ingabe umqashi angadinga inothi lodokotela? Yebo, ezimweni eziningi, angakwazi, inqobo nje uma kuyinqubomgomo esetshenziswa njalo futhi bengadlulisi ngokucela ulwazi lwezempilo oluvikelwe.
Ukuzulazula emhlabeni wemininingwane yezokwelapha kungadida. Nazi izimpendulo kweminye yemibuzo ejwayelekile kakhulu.
Impela. Inothi lodokotela le-inthanethi elisemthethweni elikhishwe umhlinzeki wezempilo onelayisensi ngepulatifomu ye-telehealth encomekayo liyidokhumenti yezokwelapha esemthethweni. Lihlinzeka ngayo yonke imininingwane efanayo eqinisekiswayo njengenothi kusukela ekuvakasheni mathupha futhi yamukelwa kakhulu ngabaqashi.
Cha, futhi kufanele uqaphele kunoma iyiphi iwebhusayithi ethi inikeza enye ngaphandle kokubonisana. Inothi lodokotela emsebenzini elisemthethweni lingakhishwa kuphela ngemva kokuhlolwa kwezokwelapha kwangempela yisazi esanelayisensi. Izinsizakalo ezithengisa isifanekiso senothi lodokotela esingalandwa azinikezi ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha; zithengisa idokhumenti eyinkohliso.
Enye yezinzuzo ezinkulu ze-telehealth ukushesha. Izinsizakalo eziningi zinikeza izikhathi zosuku olufanayo, okusho ukuthi uvamise ukubona udokotela futhi uthola inothi lodokotela ku-inthanethi ngokushesha—ngokuvamile phakathi namahora ambalwa wokubhukha.
Yebo. Impilo yengqondo iyimpilo. Ukuthatha usuku lokuphumula ngenxa yokukhathazeka, ukusha, noma ukudangala kuyisizathu esisemthethweni ngokuphelele sokungayi emsebenzini. Udokotela onomusa uyokuqonda lokhu futhi angakhipha inothi lodokotela lempilo yengqondo ukuze uqinisekise ukuthi uthola isikhathi osidingayo sokuphumula nokuzihlanza ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngomsebenzi wakho.
Ukusebenzisa inothi eliyinkohliso kuyiphutha elibi kakhulu. Kungaholela ekuxoshweni ngokushesha emsebenzini, futhi kwezinye izimo, kungaze kube nemibiko yobugebengu yokukhwabanisa. Kuhlale kungcono ukuthola inothi lodokotela le-inthanethi langempela kusuka kumelaphi wangempela.
Lapho ugula noma ulimele, into ebaluleke kakhulu kuwe kufanele ibe yimpilo yakho. Ukucindezeleka kokuthola inothi lodokotela emsebenzini akufanele kube yisithiyo ekululamenjeni kwakho.
Ngenxa ye-telehealth yesimanje, le nqubo ayisagcini njengesiphathi-mandla. Ungathola izeluleko zezokwelapha ezingochwepheshe, ukuxilongwa, kanye nenothi elisemthethweni kusuka kodokotela onelayisensi konke kusukela enduduzweni yasekhaya lakho. Kuyisixazululo esisheshayo, esiphephile nesilula esikuvumela ukuba ugxile ekululameni.
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