Your Doctor in a Kiosk; A New Variant of Telemedicine

Various types of new healthcare delivery strategies and venues are constantly being introduced. For example, I have reported how retail drug stores are being used for both walk-in clinic visits (see:Details about CVS' MinuteClinic POCT Strategy) as well as patient service centers for national reference laboratories (see:National Reference Labs Expand Their PSC Footprint in Groceries& Retail Pharmacy). In this same spirit, various types of telemedicine are being offered from the care of minor problems (see: Details of Cleveland Clinic's MyCare Online Virtual Telemedicine Visits; Kaiser Permanente Announces that Virtual Visits with Providers Have Surpassed Face-to-Face Appointments) to surgical consultations (see:Surgeons Extol the Advantage of Telemedicine in Rural British Columbia) to virtual intensive care (see:Virtual Critical Care (YouTube video)). Now comes news that telemedicine kiosks are being installed in pharmacies in the U.K. (see:THE LATEST IN TELEMEDICINE COMES IN THE FORM OF MEDICSPOT, A DOCTOR IN A KIOSK). Below is an excerpt from the article:Telemedicine may have reached a new peak with the latest development from the U.K. MeetMedicSpot, the self-proclaimed “most affordable, easiest and, quickest way to see a private general practitioner.” The catch? Your doctor will live in a kiosk. These little clinics are located in pharmacies throughout the U.K. and are meant to virtually connect you to a real live doctor.What ...
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