Wisconsin Doc Gone Fishin'
But Still Doctorin'
Brad Lindemann, President/CEO

This is Part 2 of a 3 part series originally entitled: Who's Going To Amazon Healthcare

Conventional wisdom holds that telemedicine is best practiced in a real-time manner. The physical doctor/patient interaction is captured via live video with the aid of a nurse or medical assistant at the patient's end. Though such real-time virtual visits will sometimes be necessary, it's much more efficient to capture the patient data, store it securely, then forward to the appropriate physician. Some of the many benefits to the store and forward approach are:

1. Patients and physicians no longer need to be simultaneously available;
2. The patient data can be forwarded to any physician in the world;
3. Physicians can batch up virtual patient visits and render care much more efficiently than would be possible in a like number of physical visits. Properly packaged, patient cases could likely be reviewed by physicians in half the time required for a standard office visit.

The Case for THE Exchange

For the any patient/physician/place/time vision to be realized, the patient data must be highly secured and find its way around cyberspace in a well-controlled and efficient manner. This calls for a very sophisticated network and data repository that that does not exists today, a tele-health exchange. No, make that THE TeleHealthExchange (THE Exchange). THE Exchange would be the backbone of the global telemedicine industry without which the full potential of telemedicine could never be realized.

Imagine the Possibilities

Imagine... a semi-retired primary care doctor logging onto THE Exchange three mornings a week from the comfort of his Wisconsin lake cottage. According to pre-established parameters, THE Exchange forwards the doctor virtual cases from around the world. He reviews the cases, makes his diagnosis and issues his orders just in time to enjoy a sumptuous lunch prepared by his lovely bride. On fishing days, he takes his cases in the afternoons so he doesn't miss the early morning feeding frenzy on the lake.

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Telehealth Growing As A New Way To Practice Medicine

One patient tells how “watching the little birdie” with his pink eye got him a much needed script without the hassle of going to see the doctor.

American Well

They provide best-of-breed, on-demand and real-time interactions between providers and patients. Wonder when they’ll realize that the “store and forward” approach to telemedicine represents an even bigger opportunity

Ole Bessy ain’t what she used to be...

That would be “BESSY” as in BAYLOR'S EXTRA SPECIALIST SEEING YOU. To see the latest in robotic telemedicine, check out this video from the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. Pardon the commercial interruption preceding the good stuff. Dr. Bessy’s bedside manner is superb, don’t you think?

"Happiness is nothing more than good health
and a bad memory."

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