Why Is Telemedicine Important?

Why Is Telemedicine Important? (0:23)

As more patient data becomes available, doctors are modifying therapies to change outcomes. HealthMaker James Madara, MD, CEO of the American Medical Association, discusses how this data impacts diagnosis and treatment methods in this video.

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There would be an interest in knowing longitudinally, over time, out in the community, at home, what these numbers were doing. And so I think having biometric information transported to the physician's office, where you have something that you can be confident of before you modify your therapy, is going to be important.

James Madara, MD

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