Computerworld - With an aging Baby Boomer population and broadband bandwidth improved a hundredfold from a decade ago, telemedicine is exploding as a convenient and less costly alternative to the traditional visit to the doctors' office.
This year in the U.S. and Canada, 75 million of 600 million appointments with general practitioners will involve electronic visits, or eVisits, according to new research from Deloitte.
Image: eVisits reduce time to patient care and costs. Through electronic record portals, they can also offer physician and patient a view of the same health information, such as appointments, prescriptions, test results and complete medical histories. - http://www.computerworld.com/
