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What Is Telemedicine Really About?

What Is Telemedicine Really About? (0:43)

In this video, Michael Breslow, MD, explains that telemedicine has strong application in virtual patient care, whether in a rural community or large metropolitan areas.

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So I guess we tend to use the word telehealth because telemedicine tends to be compartmentalized as doing medical consultations to remote locations. So we view telehealth as being a broader use of using technology to provide virtual presence regardless of whether it's a rural community or a major academic medical center in a large metropolitan area.

Michael Breslow, MD

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