Telemedicine can potentially add value in many settings, like here http://nyti.ms/1fyWXeK http://nyti.ms/1fyWXeK. What I disagree with is their misleading marke

Telemedicine can potentially add value in many settings, like here http://nyti.ms/1fyWXeK http://nyti.ms/1fyWXeK. What I disagree with is their misleading marketing as an alternative to 911. For regular people, this service is like a family doctor visit on Skype. Sometimes it can be handy, but it remains to be seen how this impacts outcomes statistically. (I wouldn't use this myself.) For healthcare facilities, like nursing homes, this is like providing a doctor on call via telemedicine. Many hospitals already do this with radiologists or neurologists for example. What is misleading is their marketing jump from these potentially useful scenarios to advertising as an alternative to 911 for the general public, and even claiming that they are faster than 911 when in fact they are a gatekeeper to 911.