Virtual hospital service aims to save patients time and money

MIDVALE — It's flu season, and you caught the cough that's going around. You throw on a pair of sweatpants and drive to an urgent care facility hoping a doctor will write you prescription for cough syrup.Sitting in the waiting area, you watch more sick people sit down, settling in for the long haul. Finally, a nurse ushers you back, where a doctor talks to you for a few minutes and passes you that coveted prescription.Four hours later, you're finally back at home in bed.In 2018 this scenar