The growth or use bit in the past couple of months . Dr. Kvedar it has been around some people think since the 1920s. They had a different name for than that chose a family huddled around the radio having a visit with the doctor on the other side. The concept has been around for a while, the late 1960s is when i got going and it puttered along for the next several decades until a couple of months ago when we told everyone, in the u. S. , that they had to stay in their home. And we as clinicians had to take care of them so i blossomed overnight at the point. Host how can it be used today . Guest it can be used in a number of ways. The best uses, Mental Health is the number one probable youths. Probable use. And a growing need, so that is wonderful. A lot of urgent care type things such as sore throat, ear aches. And screening for the coronavirus is handily done using this technology. Virtual urgent care. And chronic illness management followup visits for patients with diseases like hype
Service and brought to you by your television provider. This week on the communicators, a discussion about a growing form of telecommunications and that is telemedicine. Are dr. Joseph kvedar along with our guest reporter Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider. How long has telemedicine been thend and what has been growth or use of it in the past couple months . It has been around since the early 1920s, there was a picture in one of the magazines, not popular science, it had a different name, it shows a family huddled around a radio having a visit with a doctor on the other side. The concept has been around for a while. The late 1960s is when it got going at it puttered around for the next several decades and a couple months ago when we told everyone in the u. S. That they had to stay in their home and we as clinicians had to take care of them, it blossomed overnight. How can it be used today . It can be used in a number of ways. The best uses, Mental Health is the number one use and god
Joining us are doctor Joseph Kvedar of the American Telemedicine Association and Harvard Medical School along with our desk reporter Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider. Doctor kay, how long is telemedicine been around and what has been the growth or use of it in the past couple of months . Its been around since some people say the early 1920s and there was a lovely picture in one of the magazines now Popular Science they had a different name for it but shows a family huddled around the radio having a visit with the doctor on the other side. The concept has been around for a while and since the late 60s is when it got going and it puttered along for the next several decades until a couple of months ago when the push we told everyone in the u. S. That they had to stay in their home and we as clinicians had to take care of them so it blossomed overnight at that point. Host how can it be used today . Guest in a number of ways. I think the best uses, first of all, Mental Health is the num
A few but hundreds of thousands of them we meet an environmental activist in russia. And increasing numbers of migrants are willing to attempt the illegal and very risky crossing from frumps to britain. Most people who flee their homes do so out of utter desperation war violence human rights abuses hunger and the effects of the Climate Crisis are often behind displacement every year tens of thousands of people try to reach europe roups often change and new ones are added instead of leaving from libya many now set out from tunisia on a dangerous journey across the mediterranean or from lebanon to e. U. Member state cyprus. At the end of 2019 there were around 6600000 refugees in europe but landing on european soil. Well marks the start of a new odyssey those who want to reach the United Kingdom face an illegal and potentially deadly crossing over the channel estimates suggest that so far this year 7000 people have managed it. Crossing the English Channel in rubber dinghies its a journey
San mateo taking action against businesses that repeatedly violate the coronavirus regulations. Good evening everyone. Beginning tomorrow, a task force will begin investigating complaints and businesses that do not comply could face 3000 funds. Our reporter here now with more on how this will work. This new Compliance Team will persist the people who already work for the county but in a different capacity. It will not be comprised of any law enforcement. This is something that is aimed solely at businesses that continue to flout the law by not adhering to things like mask rules and social distancing. Even in some cases, operating illegally. They may not think the viruses that serious. If we cannot get them to comply through education, we can find them up to 3000. They said the vast majority of businesses are complying with health roles. Some stubborn want to not. He says the a person Compliance Team in uniform will be sent out to investigate based on complaints. The owner in san mateo