[53584] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: PAIX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jere Retzer)
Mon Nov 18 17:24:31 2002
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:23:51 -0800
From: "Jere Retzer" <retzerj@ohsu.edu>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
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Vadim Antonov wrote:
>I definitely would NOT want to see my doctor over a video link when I =
need
>him. The technology is simply not up to providing realistic telepresense,=
>and a lot of diagnostically relevant information is carried by things =
like
>smell and touch, and little details. So telemedicine is a poor substitute=
>for having a doctor on site; and should be used only when it is
>absolutely the only option (i.e. emergency on an airplane, etc).
If you are really ill, this is true but there are always gray areas that =
go into the decision whether the 'illness' is worth a visit. Physicians =
often order things for patients they know based upon a phone call or even =
e-mail if they feel reasonably comfortable. I think that there are lots of =
situations that a physician would recommend "just keep Johnny home for a =
couple days, give him plenty of fluids and [fill in the blank] =AF call me =
in two days if he isn't feeling better." Having live video of Johnny is a =
pretty good supplement to voice, or for that matter the receptionist could =
record the video call for the physician and he could play it back when he =
has a few minutes. It's potentially even more important with elderly =
shut-ins, because bringing them in can be difficult and expensive and =
their immune systems are typically weaker so you should try to minimize =
their exposure to people with contagious diseases.
Jere
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