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the doctor's visit that fits between meetings, minus the pants requirement.
means delivering medical care and consultations remotely through video, phone, or messaging instead of an in-person visit.
from roots trace to 1950s closed-circuit TV links between psychiatric hospitals, but it went mainstream in march 2020 when covid made waiting rooms feel like crime scenes.
usage spikevisits jumped 63-fold in the us during 2020
rural rootsnasa piloted remote monitoring for astronauts in the 1960s
regulation laglicensing laws still mostly stop at state lines
cost mythoften cheaper per visit than in-person urgent care
for instance
teladoc health — public since 2015, millions of virtual visits yearly
kaiser permanente virtual care — handled over half its visits online by 2020
va telehealth program — connects veterans in rural areas to specialists since 2003
babylon health uk — nhs-partnered app offering ai symptom triage