Spurred by health care trends and technological advances, telemedicine is growing into a mainstream industry. A fifth of Americans live in places where primary care physicians are scarce, according to government statistics. That need is converging with advances that include lower costs for video-conferencing equipment, more high-speed communications links by satellite, and greater ability to work securely and dependably over the Internet.
via nytimes.com
This from the business section, so the focus seems to be more on the macroeconomic than individual care, but it's good to see changes that can bring better care to more people at reasonable cost. Today's paper also had an article on crowdsourcing and medicine.