Whats been the growth or use of it in the past couple of months . Guest its been around some people think the early 1920s. There was a lovely picture in one of the magazines, not popular science. They had different name for it then but it shows a family huddled around the radio having a visit with a doctor on the other side. The concept is been around for a while, the late 60s when it got going and it has puttered along for the next several decades until a couple of months ago when of course we told everyone in the u. S. They had to stay in their home, and we as clinicians had to take care of them. So blossomed overnight. Host how can it be used today . Guest they can be used in number of ways. The best uses worst of all Mental Health is the number one probably used and the diagnosis is growing need so thats wonderful. A lot of urgent care type things such as sore throats, earaches and actually screening for the coronavirus is quite handily done using this type of technology, so virtua
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Cspan. Org election. Interactive election vote tallies state by state. Balance of power in congress. Latest video on demand and about the election process go. To cspan. Org election. And this commune on the communicators, its a discussion about a growing form of telecommunications. And that is telemedicine. Joining us are dr. Joseph kavidar of the American Medical Association and Harvard Medical School, along with our guest reporter, Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider. Dr. Kavidar, how long has telemedicine been around . And whats been the growth or use of it in the past couple of months . Dr. Kavidar its been around some people think since the early 1920s. It was a lovely picture in one of the early magazines now poplar science. But it shows a family huddled around the radio having a visit ith the doctors. Really the 1960s is when it puttered along. We told everyone in the u. S. That we had to stay in our home and we as clinicians had to take care of them. How can it be use today .
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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