Telemedicine: a new paradigm.
Technological innovations sometimes compel paradigm shifts. Two decades ago the CT scanner was one such phenomenon: It quickly and absolutely transformed medical practice. A marriage of medicine and telecommunications could engender a similar transformation. The timing surely is favorable, as pressing requirements of healthcare reform coincide with the flowering of telecommunications technologies.
Crestwood Hospital, Huntsville, AL.
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D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States