Medical Home and Medical Monitoring at Home
July 20, 2010 | Terry Sharrer
Daniel Z. Sands, M D, MPH a primary care physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Boston and a director in Cisco’s health care business group (San Diego) argues that telemedicine needs a certification process which ensures high quality and trustworthy standards that consumers-i.e. patients and physicians-can rely upon. As physicians are held more accountable for “quality longitudinal care,” better interoperable devices and systems are becoming more than a want; they are necessary fixtures against malpractice. MORE