Surgeons Extol the Advantage of Telemedicine in Rural British Columbia

Telemedicine is one of my favorite topics because it provides the solution for the challenge of providing healthcare to a larger segment of the population without incurring the expense of adding bricks-and-mortar structures (see:The Future of Healthcare: Virtual Physician Visits& Bedless Hospitals;The Design of Bedless Hospitals Continue to Evolve Based on Cost and Technology;Some Additional Ideas About the Bedless Hospitals of the Future). Another problem we are facing is inadequate healthcare coverage in rural parts of the country (see:Doctor Shortage In Rural Arizona Sparks Another Crisis In'Forgotten America'). Telemedicine can also help solve this problem (see:Kelowna doctors hail the benefits of telemedicine). Below is a article on this latter topic:...[T]wo Kelowna [British Columbia] doctors are hailing the benefits of telemedicine for patients who live in remote or rural areas. The doctors said the technology can drastically cut down on travel time and help deal with the challenges of providing health care over B.C. ’s large and relatively sparsely populated regions. The report is based on work done out of Kelowna.A group of....[surgeons], working in the field of thoracic surgery and based out of Kelowna General Hospital, provided follow-up appointments and new patient consultations via secure video conferencing for over a decade. Over a thirteen year period, starting in 2003, they used videoconferencing for over 15,000 appointments to treat patien...
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