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Telemedicine article from The Economist:

https://www.economist.com/open-future/2020/03/31/telemedicine-is-essential-amid-the-covid-19-crisis-and-after-it" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" >https://www.economist.com/open-future/2020/03/31/telemedicine-is-essential-amid-the-covid-19-crisis-and-after-it[tag]

Guest comment: Eric Topol

As a senior doctor, my clinics were recently cancelled because, at my age of 65, I am considered at high risk of contracting the novel coronavirus from patients. I’ve done some video consultations instead. The risk was that if I became infected, not only would that be dangerous for me, but I could pass the virus to patients who might spread it on to others still. This exponential spread can be avoided by using the physical separation of telemedicine. In Italy, hospitals were considered one of the main sources of covid-19 transmissions and doctors urged that care be provided at home.

Public-health systems are making remote health care easier to provide. This month, America’s Medicare programme, which covers more than 60m elderly people, said it would allow online patient visits. Also, federal rules were eased to allow American doctors to work across state lines, which is seen as a boon to remote consultations. Companies are scrambling to make covid-19 tests that are as simple and reliable as home pregnancy tests; mail-to-home kits for self-testing have already started to be delivered in Seattle, Washington.