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Camera Phones Emerge as a Health Care Tool

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Cell phones capture and transmit images for remote evaluation.

Anne L. Fischer, Senior Editor

Telemedicine gives patients access to a doctor no matter where they are. Whether a patient uses monitoring equipment to send information to the doctor’s office or an x-ray technician transmits images to a radiologist for examination, telemedicine bridges the distance between the patient and the professional. However, many obstacles have impeded its widespread implementation. The communications infrastructures required to transmit large images rapidly are not in place everywhere around the globe. Also, some standards, including FDA approval, do not cover some tools and techniques...Read full article

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    Published: May 2006
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