ET, phone home: telehome care.
No doubt that advances in technology are making a substantial impact on the delivery of health care. The idea of using some of this high-tech equipment within the home setting can seem quite unusual, perhaps extraterrestrial, giving the phrase "Reach out and touch someone" a whole new meaning. This aspect of health care even has a new name--telehome care--and we are just at the threshold of this frontier.
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