Whats been the growth or use of it in the past couple of months . Guest its been around some people think the early 1920s. There was a lovely picture in one of the magazines, not popular science. They had different name for it then but it shows a family huddled around the radio having a visit with a doctor on the other side. The concept is been around for a while, the late 60s when it got going and it has puttered along for the next several decades until a couple of months ago when of course we told everyone in the u. S. They had to stay in their home, and we as clinicians had to take care of them. So blossomed overnight. Host how can it be used today . Guest they can be used in number of ways. The best uses worst of all Mental Health is the number one probably used and the diagnosis is growing need so thats wonderful. A lot of urgent care type things such as sore throats, earaches and actually screening for the coronavirus is quite handily done using this type of technology, so virtua
The growth or use bit in the past couple of months . Dr. Kvedar it has been around some people think since the 1920s. They had a different name for than that chose a family huddled around the radio having a visit with the doctor on the other side. The concept has been around for a while, the late 1960s is when i got going and it puttered along for the next several decades until a couple of months ago when we told everyone, in the u. S. , that they had to stay in their home. And we as clinicians had to take care of them so i blossomed overnight at the point. Host how can it be used today . Guest it can be used in a number of ways. The best uses, Mental Health is the number one probable youths. Probable use. And a growing need, so that is wonderful. A lot of urgent care type things such as sore throat, ear aches. And screening for the coronavirus is handily done using this technology. Virtual urgent care. And chronic illness management followup visits for patients with diseases like hype
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Service and brought to you by your television provider. This week on the communicators, a discussion about a growing form of telecommunications and that is telemedicine. Are dr. Joseph kvedar along with our guest reporter Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider. How long has telemedicine been thend and what has been growth or use of it in the past couple months . It has been around since the early 1920s, there was a picture in one of the magazines, not popular science, it had a different name, it shows a family huddled around a radio having a visit with a doctor on the other side. The concept has been around for a while. The late 1960s is when it got going at it puttered around for the next several decades and a couple months ago when we told everyone in the u. S. That they had to stay in their home and we as clinicians had to take care of them, it blossomed overnight. How can it be used today . It can be used in a number of ways. The best uses, Mental Health is the number one use and god
Joining us are doctor Joseph Kvedar of the American Telemedicine Association and Harvard Medical School along with our desk reporter Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider. Doctor kay, how long is telemedicine been around and what has been the growth or use of it in the past couple of months . Its been around since some people say the early 1920s and there was a lovely picture in one of the magazines now Popular Science they had a different name for it but shows a family huddled around the radio having a visit with the doctor on the other side. The concept has been around for a while and since the late 60s is when it got going and it puttered along for the next several decades until a couple of months ago when the push we told everyone in the u. S. That they had to stay in their home and we as clinicians had to take care of them so it blossomed overnight at that point. Host how can it be used today . Guest in a number of ways. I think the best uses, first of all, Mental Health is the num