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<DIV><BR><BR>Stephen Sprunk wrote<BR><BR>>>>I meant my reply to be
directed only at "telemedecine", where the patient is at<BR>home and consults
their general practitioner or primary care physician via<BR>broadband for things
like the flu or a broken arm. While there's lots of talk<BR>about this in
sci-fi books, there's no sign of this making any significant<BR>inroads today,
nor does it qualify as a "killer app" for home broadband.<<<</DIV>
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<DIV>Cost and trouble has been too high. Widespread broadband could change this.
Assisted living facilities, with wealthy retired baby boomers will be a high
payoff market. We're already seeing some clinics and physicians who encourage
e-mail with patients. Video is far better to assess the patient's
attitude/condition even without any instrumentation<BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>