Microsoft?s Bill Crounse Responds on Virtual Doctor Visits
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-01-02 03:06:42
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I’ve been having some technical problems with WordPress so just to make sure this doesn’t get buried or lost in the digital netherworld here’s. MD. Worldwide Health Director for the Microsoft Corporation response to on Microsoft’s new pilot program to have their health insurer pay for employee virtual physician visits.
The pilot program at Microsoft is based on reimbursement for structured e-mail exchanges between a physician and his or her patient. I was involved in a pilot project with Microsoft about 10 years ago where we tested true “virtual visits’ using Net Meeting audio and video connections but at the time the technology was a bit too complex for wide adoption. All of that is now changed with advances in Unified Communication technology. VOIP more ubiquitous broadband etc. The day will surely come when “virtual visits” are routinely conducted between physicians and their patients with participating physicians appropriately reimbursed for their services. In the meantime we are taking baby steps but very important steps in the broader plot of things.
Jake,The short say is “no”. The expanded control is not associated with our VOIP Unified Communications solution. However. I am a strong proponent of VOIP. UC and mobility as I believe these technologies will compete an ever-increasing role in commoditizing personalized simple and affordable tele-medicine tele-health and e-health services in the industry. These innovations are going to be huge in helping providers mouth scalable home health services remote monitoring scenarios rural health services and solutions to help people exceed manage chronic disease processes.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://ajfortin.com/2007/11/16/microsofts-bill-crounse-responds-on-virtual-doctor-visits/
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