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Telemedicine Comes Into Its Own

Posted by samzenpus on from the dial-a-doctor dept.

goG writes "Telemedicine — providing care using advanced communications technology may be coming into its own with a little help from Uncle Sam. The Obama administration recently awarded $795 million in grants and loans for 66 new broadband projects. Most of these projects will involve using videoconferencing equipment to allow doctors to consult on medical procedures or examinations remotely."

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  1. Outsourcing just came to medicine. by maillemaker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coming soon: Your insurance company will pay the maximum benefit if and only if you use their preferred tele-presence doctors from India.

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  2. Call center doctors by Animats · · Score: 5, Informative

    Someone suggested that insurance companies might direct their customers to call center doctors in third-world countries. That's already happening. This is the real world of "telemedicine". This is a real ad:

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  3. Irony check? by ErikTheRed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Am I the only one who grasped the dissonance between the words "comes into its own" and "$795 million in grants." Have we really stooped to the point where people have mentally redefined success and functionality as the ability to successfully lobby the government for cash?

    You keep using those words. I do not think they mean what you think they mean.

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  4. Re:Hold on a minute.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Bush Has Quietly Tripled Aid to Africa

    Wasn't a Bush supporter (I hate both D's and R's), but the facts are what they are.