According to an article in Forbes last month, telehealth is projected to be a $2 billion industry within five years. Although the telemedicine industry is still in its infancy, it will grow fast due to a number of factors, including Medicare’s enhanced coverage for telehealth services and increased facility fees. Also, growth will be driven by physician shortage in rural areas and increase in number of patients with chronic diseases.
The blog post also references a Canadian pilot study that appeared in Anesthesiology in 2004, which showed “that preadmission anesthesia consultations using telemedicine technology can be successfully performed. Patients and consulting and attending anesthesiologists are very satisfied with telemedicine consultation.”
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