Computers make 'house calls' to patients.
As part of a pilot test, Cambridge, MA-based Harvard Community Health Plan has patients in about 150 households using home computers to receive medical advice and general health information. The system should better educate patients, improve quality of care and lower costs, according to its developers.
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