title: Telemetry takes off.
abstract: After a slow start, payers are signing on to the telemedicine trend, as rural hospital and major medical centers come to see the benefits of cooperation.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haugh
mesh_terms: D006755:Hospital Shared Services; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D006278:Medicare; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D019112:Teleradiology / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs; D014584:User-Computer Interface