Stanford Hospital Uses Telemedicine: https://medicalfuturist.com/stanford-hospital-uses-telemedicine
- Dr Nancy Gahles
- Oct 3, 2013
- 1 min read
"ScienceRoll
Video consultation with doctors is becoming a routine part of the care offered by the Stanford Hospital & Clinics. The technology behind it is not a real innovation, it was already introduced on the island of Hawaii in 2008, but it’s good to see such a prestigious hospital joining the world of telemedicine.
Patients can schedule video visits through the hospital website, in much the same way as they would schedule a traditional visit and provide information about their symptoms in advance of the visit through the scheduling application. At the appointed time, they meet with the doctor in a Web-based videoconference from a home or workplace computer equipped with a webcam.
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