Multistate Telemedicine Physician Practices Become More Common

More Doctors Want To Treat Patients From The Comfort Of Their Couch by Kristen V. Brown.  Bloomberg.  March 26, 2019. 

Large Insurance Company Covers Video-Based Doctor Visits Just As It Covers In-Person Visits

Video Is About To Become The Way We All Visit The Doctor by Issie Lapowsky.  Wired.  April 30, 2015. 

Extensive Expansion of Telemedicine in Georgia Planned

Georgia Public Health Telemedicine Project Aims to Remove Barriers by Erin McCann.  Government Health IT.  January 28, 2013.

All of Georgia's public health departments were wired for teleconferencing by the end of 2012 with 45 using the capability every day.  The next step is to include exam cameras, sensors, stethoscopes, and endoscopes.  13 will be online by the end of January 2013.  Grants are being pursued to expand telemedicine capability.

Video Consultations: Insurers, Employers, Patients, And Physicians See Potential and Problems

Doctors Move To Webcams by Anna Wilde Mathews.  The Wall Street Journal.  December 20, 2012.

Several perspectives on video and phone consultations are explored.  Insurers, patients, state regulators, administrators and policy makers concerned with costs, employee benefits managers at companies, state health insurance program managers, telemedicine companies, professional boards, and family practitioners are among those whose concerns are addressed.

Technology and the Future of Medicine

The Digital Doctor.  The New York Times.  Science Times.  October 11, 2012.

In this special edition of the Science Times, writers explore technological issues in medicines including apps and iPads, electronic medical records, computer-aided design and manufacture in dentistry, telemedicine, the new doctor's bag, accessibility in therapy, and other issues.