Journal is dr. Joseph kvedar, the president elect of the American Telemedicine Association. Dr. Kvedar, thank you for being with us. Tell us the mission of your association and the members you serve. Guest i am delighted to be on with you this morning for such an important topic at such an important time. The ata was formed almost i think 27 years ago, and really the mission is to both educate and advocate, really, for a new model of care delivery, which is enabled by communications technologies. Im sure we will talk about what that means. The members are from a variety of sectors. Folkse a robust group of who supply technologies and services to the industry. We have a number of quite a few Health Care Provider organizations like my own Partners Health care, mass general at womens in boston. Some of the health plans and folks at the payment industry as well. Thatis largely the groups encumber our membership. Kvedar, joining us this morning to talk about telemedicine, telehealth, use of
Once again this morning, for medical professionals we will use 202 7488002. If you would like to text us, that is 202 7488003. Just make sure that you include your name and where you are texting from. On twitter we are at cspan wj. You can also post your comments on facebook. You may have seen a moment ago the tracker that we are following, the johns Hop University tractor, cases at 609,000. Confirmed deaths, 26,059. Worldwide cases are just about 2 million now. The number that you see here, 7905 deaths in new york city, Scott Gottlieb tweeting this morning about that with a chart saying that the positivity rates of new daily tests in new york are showing signs of a gradual decline, but still very high. This is one data point to watch to gauge the direction of the new york epidemic. A different with story, the New York Times, reporting that a review among passedk city deaths has 10,000, new york city, already a world epicenter of the coronavirus out rake, sharply increasing its death t
Today, this group has morphed into a hotbed of silverware this season of political activity the Scottish League cup. Some of it is horrible. As you might expect with an Old Firm Derby but you went in thinking it had all the drama you could want. It was one thing and actually, its turned out to be a red card, a penalty something very different. And a winning goal that maybe it wasnt what i looked for. Shouldnt have stood. I was looking for Chris Mclaughlin a lovely local group. Was at hampden park. Is it hostile to a soggy derby day in glasgow, people that dont. 7 it is hostile. But for this fixture, ive just found it disgusting. It never dampens the enthusiasm. Really disgusting. Do you think some people might be surprised that actually its the celtic end over here, become so political . Yes, but there are 5000 people, the rangers end over here, and this divided city, and so what we all do, i think, is we block people that annoy us. This matchup is always big, but this game in particul
International space station. Why it took 35 years to happen. Finally. Its friday, october 18th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The kurds are very happy. Turkey is very happy. The United States is very happy. Reporter the president defends his ceasefire. Despite an agreement by turkey to temporarily halt the fighting in northeast syria, gunfire reportedly broke out overnight. Reporter White House Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney backtracking on his statement about quid pro quo with ukraine. Get over it. Theres going to be political influence in foreign policy. Next years g7 summit will be held at a florida resort owned by President Trump. It will be completely and totally unfuneral. Its a domestic of the domestic emoluments clause. The son of el chapo free after he was detained by mix Security Forces following hours of intense gunfire. In support of chinese prodemocracy supporters in hong kong has cost the nba millions. Our games are not back on the air in c
Estranged husband of the mother of five. What hes revealing about their marriage this morning. Shark scare. The shocking discovery just feet from this family. I was absolutely floored. I could not believe that the shark was that close. At the same beach where a surfer was bitten, the sightings from florida to cape cod just this week. Its a party in the u. S. A. Everyone is focused on the delivery. One win away. Team usa beating england in a nailbiting thriller. Alyssa naeher who saved the day. Alex morgans tea sipping celebration. Will Megan Rapinoe be back in time for the final on sunday . Something tells me shell be back. Yeah. Shell be back in time. Yeah. Good morning, america. What a win and Christen Press who filled in for megan scored the first goal. Back in the onion bag as they say. Screaming about it. Take a look at her parents. They could not contain their excitement. We were right there with them. It was amazing and also it was alex morgans 30th birthday. She scored as well