8 Telehealth: connecting patients with providers in the 21st century
Abstract: Technology is continuously making significant steps toward becoming a viable platform of healthcare delivery in America. Recent advances in telecommunications and healthcare connectivity have converged to create a telehealth service channel and leverage the same technologies that have revolutionized commerce in other industries. Centered around synchronous technologies that link the patient and provider in real-time through video consults, telehealth is offering both patients and providers new avenues to access and deliver healthcare services. In the wake of substantial and ongoing regulatory reform of the American healthcare industry, telehealth now ...
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