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Telemedicine Has Arrived

By Harold Katz, R.Ph. all. (They, we, I) are acclimated to in person, one-on-one
doctor visits. We expect to be “stethoscoped”, probed, felt,
According to the Health and viewed in the flesh for the purpose of diagnosis of
Resources Administration our ills. However, the millennials, the woke generations
(HRSA), there will be a have been weaned on electronic devices and apparently
shortage of 795,700 nurses use them and accept the newest electronics with ease. By
in the United States by 2030. 2030 and before, they will be ready to accommodate to
This is an astonishing figure. the shortage of medical personnel easily.
(This writer did not think the The avowed reasons for this shortage of medical
total nurse population was personnel lends itself to a future treatise, but it must be
that large.) In addition, a somewhat comforting to those looking forward to the next
reported shortage of physicians by that date was estimated decade to know that Telemedicine is established here and
to be 139,160 positions. now and will be available to fill much of their health needs.
An inkling of how these deficits may be assuaged at
least in part has revealed itself during our coronavirus Harold Katz R.Ph., Edgewater Estates. 
crisis. Telemedicine has arrived! For several years, a
few cardiologists have been monitoring patients with at-
home implanted instruments and telephone service. Some
dermatologists have made use of patient cell phones to Norbert Graber, R. Ph.
view topical problems. Other medical specialties have and Lynn Graber, R. Ph.
dabbled with some electronic connections. Recently,
the coronavirus period has stimulated much more use of
virtual doctor-patient interactions.
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