Fortunately, there is growing interest amongst both patients and physicians in “telemedicine” (also known as “telehealth”) — where doctors utilize modern technology to provide medical care to patients remotely. My colleagues and I routinely interpret x-rays, CT scans, and MRI images from patients in other cities. “Telestroke” programs such as these give patients in remote locations rapid access to diagnostic expertise that would been unavailable 20 years ago. (Disclosure: I don’t participate in this hospital’s telestroke program, but I am on the hospital’s medical staff. There are many excellent telestroke programs around the country, but this is the one I’m most familiar with.)

Source: Forbes October 30, 2017 12:00 UTC