'Telemedicine' allows doctors to see patients from afar
written by indianachu
at Sunday, October 4, 2009
Imagine that you see a new mole and don't like the looks of it so you take a picture of it using your cell phone and e-mail it to your family doctor for an opinion.
Or perhaps you have heart disease and take your blood pressure using a cuff that automatically uploads the data to your cardiologist's computer for review.
Using electronic communications equipment to transmit medical information for consultation or examination -- known as telemedicine -- has come a long way from its beginnings as a means for rural areas to have access via teleconferencing to top-flight specialists.
In fact, technology has advanced to the point that telemedicine is beginning to blur into the normal daily routine of a doctor, said Dr.Jason Mitchell, assistant director for the Center for Health Information Technology of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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