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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
On the other hand, telemedicine is a poor alternative at best. There is no substitute for talking to the patient in person and hands on examining them. NONE. You cannot practice medicine over the phone. PERIOD.
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Maybe in the long term future that the home robot computer could be linked to a real Doctor and could do tests on the, at home, patient as prescribed by the Doctor. In some sci/Fi movies the Doctor is eliminated by an on-board medical computer in all the large space ships. Today there is probably research about how to reach populations in remote mountainous regions of South America or other areas.