So far, no one had put together the pieces to create a “virtual hospital” which actually would be an information services provider, linking multiple specialty centers. But every day that moves closer to reality, with telemedicine leading the way.  Three physicians’ services illustrate the trend.  Dr. Alan Dappen, who spoke at our 2009 annual meeting, started “DocTalker” in 2001 as a telemedicine general practice.    MORE

“HouseCall Express” sends a doctor to “your door in one hour,” and offers “cosmetic care” in addition to geriatrics, travel medicine, 24 hour ambulatory electrocardiography monitoring, and services that, otherwise, might require an ER visit.    MORE

“Specialists On Call” is a telemedicine consultancy that asserts “the largest and busiest teleneurology practice in the United States, and “our telepyschiatry and teleradiology practices are growing steadily.”    MORE