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Telemedicine: The Next Investment In Consumer Health Care
eNotes Systems Plans to Enable Health Care at a Distance – Just What the Doctor Ordered
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Palisades, Calif. (PRWEB) July 20, 2006 -- When it comes to consumer
health care, technology will never replace the human factor such as the
maverick medical genius of Dr. Gregory House depicted on FOX TV’s House
or the friendly general practitioner at a medical center near you. But,
telemedicine has the potential to extend the human touch and transform
the way health care is delivered.
The American Telemedicine Association defines telemedicine as the use
of medical information exchanged from one site to another via
electronic communications to improve patients' health status. Whether
telemedicine is defined using layman’s terms—(the
transmission of still images, video, and other forms of medical data
between rural and urban areas) or tech-speak—(the use of advanced
telecommunications technologies for the delivery of clinical care),
telemedicine is a, multi-billion dollar market that is destined to
improve consumer health care around the globe.
The application may be as straightforward as two healthcare
professionals talking about a case over the phone or as intricate as
using satellite technology and video-conferencing equipment to conduct
a real-time consultation between medical specialists in two different
states or even countries.
As telemedicine technologies continues to experience rapid growth, with
companies like AT&T, Intel Corporation-Digital Health Group, and
Sony Electronics providing the bandwidth and hardware, it allows
innovative companies such as Los Angeles-based eNotes Systems (OTCBB:ENSY),
which is currently developing their product suite, to make telemedicine
a reality, enabling physicians and other health care providers to
examine, treat and monitor patients remotely without compromising
standards of care.
"Simply stated, telemedicine is about enabling providers of healthcare
services to deliver quality care to individuals who are remotely
located from the specialty health care they need. Whether it's allowing
physicians to examine patients via the Internet from miles away or
continuing education for rural health practitioners who may not be able
to take part in professional meetings or educational opportunities,
telemedicine is experiencing rapid expansion around the globe," said
Jeff Flammang, CEO of eNotes Systems.
For stock investors and early shareholders looking for high growth
investment opportunities, their next investment opportunity may be in
developmental stage telemedicine technology companies. Whether an
investment in telemedicine benefits radiology--so specialists can read
and interpret x-rays on-line--or cardiology—so reports such as
electrocardiograms (EKGs) can be readily transmitted from an EKG
machine for reading and interpretation—it’s evident to eNotes Systems
that these kind of technologies in the health care industry are needed
and are here to stay, reaching doctors and patients alike in all
corners of the globe.
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