Posted on 11/03/2009 4:00:52 AM PST by Patriot1259
Telemedicine is the practice of health care delivery, diagnosis, consultation, treatment and the transfer of medical data through interactive audio, video or data communications that occur in the physical presence of the patient, including audio or video communications sent to a health care provider for diagnostic or treatment consultation, according to Telemed.org. Thanks to factors including a looming physician shortage, the health care reform debate and the increasing willingness of insurance companies to pay for the practice, telehealth is on the verge of becoming routine, according to the Baltimore Sun. Remote consultation and diagnosis are ways for medicine to become more efficient even as physicians and other health professionals are increasingly in short supply.
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I suppose it will happen some day — and maybe today is the day. But telemedicine has been “about to happen” for at least 15 years. I see it like solar power and wind power — the best thing ever, really gonna hit the big time ... in just a few more years ...
Its used every day. Mostly in sparsly populated areas but also by some specialists who draw in patients from around the country without the travel.
Red Tape appears to be the biggest issue for medicine
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