Telemedicine

• Genre: Health & Fitness
• Movie Type: Medicine
• Run Time: 21 minutes

Plot

A promising development designed to improve health care is telemedicine, and its use is explained in this program. By combining databases, multimedia-enabled computers, and high-speed communications, patients in even the most remote areas can have access to medical advice. Telemedicine looks at telemedicine systems in place across the U.S., and offers commentary from Dr. Jay Sanders, who directs the Telemedicine Center at the Medical College of Georgia. The systems offers interaction with doctors and other health care personnel, and are changing the ways in which patients receive care. ~ Alice Day, All Movie Guide