title: Telemedicine: who's in charge?
abstract: The field of telemedicine has evolved to include exciting applications that improve access, reduce costs and enhance care. Advanced technologies-such as high-resolution digital video, codecs that convert video and audio signals to digital and back, fiber optic cable and computerized workstations stocked with a wide array of scopes and diagnostic instruments-already are reality for some physicians.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bouffard
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D019035:Rural Health Services; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019112:Teleradiology