[53554] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: PAIX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jere Retzer)
Mon Nov 18 12:44:50 2002
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:42:23 -0800
From: "Jere Retzer" <retzerj@ohsu.edu>
To: <ssprunk@cisco.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>, <techlist@smoton.net>
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Stephen Sprunk wrote
>>>I meant my reply to be directed only at "telemedecine", where the =
patient is at
home and consults their general practitioner or primary care physician via
broadband for things like the flu or a broken arm. While there's lots of =
talk
about this in sci-fi books, there's no sign of this making any significant
inroads today, nor does it qualify as a "killer app" for home broadband.<<<=
Cost and trouble has been too high. Widespread broadband could change =
this. Assisted living facilities, with wealthy retired baby boomers will =
be a high payoff market. We're already seeing some clinics and physicians =
who encourage e-mail with patients. Video is far better to assess the =
patient's attitude/condition even without any instrumentation
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