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To: Sleeper who wrote (9677)	5/21/1999 9:35:00 AM
From: Mindshare	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 29970

Have you ever heard of telemedicine. Video and audio feeds can do a lot to diagnose health care needs. It's already happening. Regards Mindshare

To: Sleeper who wrote (9677)	5/21/1999 1:25:00 PM
From: FR1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Interactivity may allow "Dear Abbey" type advice columns or mundane communications, but no physician today worth his salt is going to rely upon electronic interchanges to diagnose and treat a disease process in a human being. Who said anything about drawing blood? Most cases can be dealt with on the phone and are very helpful. Radio talk shows with MDs have proven how popular it is to talk to a doctor. If it is anything serious he recommends that you go to a hospital. Hospitals routinely have a nurse talk to you and give advice that would take too long to look up in a database. The web can start here and expand. Nurses or doctors that specialize could be put on line with patients that have specific problems. I gotta say that you must have missed the interview with the CEOs of HLTH and the whole concept of WebMD as regards the public. This is exactly what they said. Furthermore, they intend to create talk communities on line where people with specific ailments can talk to others with similar problems. Along another line, I recently watched a PBS show that had doctors doing “house calls” by remote TV. In rural cities doctors are scarce. They set aside a day for sick call. A person, possibly a nurse, helped. The doctor could ask the patient to stand up, move your arm to the left, etc.. Does it hurt if you do this or that, etc. The doctor could see the patient as they responded. Both the doctors and the patients loved it. They are planning to expand the service. The web would allow digital information to be transmitted as well. Nurse opens a case on the web, takes patient's temp, etc., doctors written comments could be printed out for patient, etc.