title: Distance no object for teleconsultations.
abstract: Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) is piloting a remote teleconsultation system that combines video, audio and medical technology with IP telephony to create a "consulting room" environment in a medical setting, home, office or shopping mall. Two key goals are to enable patients many miles from their nearest doctor to receive remote consultations, and to reduce pressure in hospital emergency departments. Jonathan Baillie reports.
authors.affiliation: jonathanbaillie@stepcomms.com
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baillie
mesh_terms: D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D019114:Remote Consultation; D013685:Telecommunications; D006113:United Kingdom