Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Diagnosis by cellphone?
Click on this link to read a Washington Post article about how physicians are using cell phone photos of wounds sent by their patients to make initial diagnoses. There is a large push nationally for doctors to do more of their work from a distance via technology. Do you think this is a good trend, or only one justified by emergency?
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This sounds very interesting, I would like to see how this would work. I think they would need a separate phone just for this. It would be something good for those that really have an emergency, but I am sure that many people would also send in things that are not so important. I think it depends on each doctor. I am sure some do this already with their patients. Maybe for a check up or if something goes wrong after an operation for example they could video chat or something from the phone.
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