Danny's Tech: Where West and East Intersect

Thursday, December 01, 2005

Telemedicine

"'Telemedicine' just what the doctor ordered" is great: using technology to reduce time of doctors and allow remote diagnosis (between doctors). In Japan, there are movement to allow a chian of pharmacies to be open 24x7 with the pharmacist available via videophone to consult with patients. This way, several sites during the late night hours can be handled by one pharmacist. These trends get to what I've mentioned yesterday: taking medicine all the way home (remotely).