Telehealth Visits
Care that meets you where you are
Rural upstate New York is beautiful, and it is also a long drive to a lot of things. Telehealth takes the drive out of it. You meet with your clinician by secure video or by phone from home, from work, from a parked car, wherever you can find a private half hour.
Dr. Colt is licensed in New York, Texas, and Minnesota. What matters is where you are physically located at the time of your visit, not where you live or what your mailing address says. If you are in one of those three states when we connect, we can meet.
What telehealth works well for
Follow up visits, medication management including psychiatric medications, counseling sessions, reviewing lab results, refills, and plenty of acute concerns all work well over video. For patients in Texas and Minnesota, telehealth is also how we provide sexual health care and hormone therapy.
Some things genuinely need hands and a room. If your concern calls for an exam, a procedure, or in person testing, we will tell you straight and help you work out the next step, whether that is coming to the office or connecting with care closer to you.

Secure video and phone visits for patients located in New York, Texas, or Minnesota, with no travel and no waiting room.

Which states can I be in for a telehealth visit?
New York, Texas, or Minnesota. You need to be physically located in one of those states at the time of the appointment, since that is how medical licensing works. If you are traveling outside those states, let us know and we will help you plan around it.
What do I need for a video visit?
A phone, tablet, or computer with a camera, a reasonable internet connection, and somewhere private enough that you can speak freely. If your connection is unreliable, we can do the visit by phone instead.
Will I ever need to be seen in person?
Sometimes, yes. Physical exams, pap exams, procedures, and certain acute concerns need an in person visit. We will tell you when that is the case rather than stretching a video visit past what it can do.
Do I have to be a member to use telehealth?
No. Members in New York get telehealth as part of their membership, and we also see non members on a per service basis in New York, Texas, and Minnesota. Reach out and we will sort out which option fits.
