LymeHQ · Remote Care

Remote and telehealth care

Distance is a real barrier in tick-borne illness — the nearest Lyme-literate provider is often several states away. Remote care solves part of that problem and not all of it. This page is about which part.

Network in development

LymeHQ is not a telehealth provider. We do not employ clinicians, run video visits, or deliver care, and we are not planning to. What we are building is a connection layer: helping you find independent, licensed providers who run their own practices and who can see you remotely where the law allows. The clinician you see always carries clinical and legal responsibility for your care — not us.

That network is in active development. There is nothing to sign up for here yet, and we are not collecting your email. What follows is how remote care actually works today, so the wait is not wasted.

State licensure decides most of this: A clinician generally must be licensed in the state where you are physically sitting during the appointment, not where they practise. This is the single biggest constraint on remote care for tick-borne illness, and it is why a specialist three states away may not be able to see you even when they are willing to. Some clinicians hold licences in several states — worth asking directly.

What remote care handles well

  • Reviewing lab results you already have, and explaining what they mean
  • Second opinions on a diagnosis or a treatment plan
  • Follow-up appointments once a relationship is established
  • Adjusting an existing plan and monitoring how you are responding
  • Coordinating between a specialist and your regular clinician

What still needs a room

  • A first assessment, in most practices — an examination usually matters
  • Looking at a rash properly, where lighting and scale mislead on camera
  • Blood draws and any specialty testing
  • Anything given by injection or IV
  • Anything acute or escalating — remote care is the wrong tool for an emergency

Finding remote care today

Many Lyme-literate practices already offer remote follow-ups to established patients, and some take new patients remotely where licensure permits. The referral routes on our provider page are the place to start — ask each practice which states they are licensed in before anything else, since that one answer rules most options in or out.

Remote care is not for anything acute. If you have a high fever with a severe headache, confusion, chest pain, or a spreading rash after a tick bite, do not wait for a video appointment. See when to seek urgent care.