Comments on: ‘Robodocs’? ‘Tricorders’? How telemedicine will shape the future of health

By: Alix Narcisse

Alix Narcisse — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:41:56 +0000

Hello Ben,

Please email me at a.narcisse@zypt.co I have something I want to share with you.

Thank you

Alix Narcisse, CEO
Zypt.co

By: Jim the RN

Jim the RN — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:27:21 +0000

With my biweekly healthcare costs rising every year, copays going up, and deductibles rising, the doctor can at least physically examine me in person.
For those of you who would argue that this would reduce costs, ask yourself when anything in the medical field has ever gotten more affordable for the consumer.

By: Michael Yuz, MD, MBA

Michael Yuz, MD, MBA — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:59:30 +0000

What everyone forgets is that telemedicine has been not only in existence but in the mainstream for at least 12 years! Around the year 2000 a teleradiology company called NightHawk began providing service to US Hospitals out of Australia taking advantage of time zone differences. Today teleradiology field is very mature. However,some companies, like ours have taken a different approach actively pursuing a consumer market and this is where we see the future happening now!

Michael Yuz, MD, MBA
CEO, USARAD.com, XMRI.com & SecondOpinions.com (under development).

By: Oliver Sims

Oliver Sims — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:17:59 +0000

Access to healthcare via TeleMedicine is as natural as accessing your banking information and/or receiving other important insight online. The speed, efficiency and accurracy of electronic delivery of services are leveraged in many other areas of our lives and as critical as healthcare is this must be done. It will go mainstream and be demanded by our ever more mobile and technically savy society. Thank you for your piece.

Oliver L Sims III
@OliverSims

By: gwrichardson

gwrichardson — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 06:22:59 +0000

Telemedicine. I didn’t even know what it was 3 months ago. But what a great thing it is. The policies are very inexpensive for what you get, not only in dollars, but in time saved. I mean, what’s your time worth to you? Once people see what a good value it is, the news will spread soon enough.

By: Ben Green

Ben Green — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:19:26 +0000

Absolutely there are still barriers to widespread implementation. In my mind, if we are able to demonstrate, to both providers and patients, that this type of care is equivalent from a high quality and patient experience standpoint, as in-person care, then we will get there sooner. Our in-house telemedicine provider staff has been honing this model over the past 3+ years, developing protocols, and undergoing professional activities/forums dedicated to telemedicine. Providers as true telemedicine experts will go a long way towards making telemedicine a practical reality for all.

-Ben Green, MD
Medical Director, http://www.CareSimple.com