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sites (Kinsella, 2002b). The end results of telehealth interactions today have
helped to ensure that professionals, whether working off site or directly with pa-
tients, can replicate usual clinical interactions in all specialties regardless of the
distance involved in the contact.
This capacity to supervise patients away from an office is predicted to continue
to grow rapidly and “worldwide telemedicine markets at $7 billion in 2009 are ex-
pected to reach $24 billion by 2016” (Aarkstore Enterprise, 2010, para. 30). The abil-
ity to provide better healthcare access is the number one benefit of using telehealth.