With the current primary care shortage, many people are evaluating new approaches to providing care such as with the increased use of telemedicine. Telemedicine is described as the application of clinical medicine where medical information is transferred through the phone or the internet and sometimes other networks for the purposes of consulting, and sometimes remote medical procedures or examinations. Accordinging to the Wikipedia page, "Telemedicine may be as simple as two health professionals discussing a case over the phone or as complex as using satellite technology and video-conferencing equipment to conduct a real-time consultation between medical specialists in two different countries."

With that in mind, would you allow your doctor to conduct a follow up appointment over the phone? It could save time for over-burdened primary care physicans and save you the cost of an office co-payment, but would you get the same care on the phone as you would in an office? Share your thoughts with the rest of the policy 2.0 community by logging in or replying.