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September 14, 2009

The doctor is in...the next state

Have you ever had a doctor's visit where you ended up consulting with the doc by video conference? Or even via a robot?

This is the future, I found out for a recent story on how quickly telehealth will become part of our lives.

What do you think? Would you care to receive care long distance, via the Internet?

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Posted by Gus Sentementes at 8:19 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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If the doctor was still able to assess the situation, diagnose the problem, and provide a solution - I don't care if it's through text & picture messages!

For simple matters that would normally be dealt with through a conversation in the doctor's office, it's easy to see how a video chat could substitute. But for more complex issues, they would, of course, need to demonstrate their ability to diagnose & treat over this medium.

Posted by: Tim Kassouf | September 14, 2009 7:00 PM

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About Gus G. Sentementes

Gus G. Sentementes (@gussent on Twitter) has been writing for The Baltimore Sun since 2000. He's covered real estate, business, prisons, and suburban and Baltimore City crime and cops. He was one of the first reporters at The Sun to use multimedia tools and Web applications -- a video camera, an iPhone -- to cover breaking news. He hopes to cover Maryland geeks and the gadgets and Web sites they build, and learn -- and share -- something new every day.

Gus has a wife, a young daughter and two feuding cats. They live in Northeast Baltimore.

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