Need a Doctor? Turn on Your Electronic Device

Picture youself at home with a bad cold, aching face and green mucus leaking from your nose. You can barely get out of bed, let alone get to a clinic. That was the predicament Diana Rae found herself in recently. The nurse educator from the small town of Tenino, Washington, called her doctor and described her symptoms, and eventually got a prescription. But she could have talked to and been seen by a doctor from the comfort of home. All she needed was a wifi-connected device and a video-chat ...

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