| It's 9 p.m. in small town, U.S.A. A concerned mother notices that her child has severe difficulty catching his breath. She brings him to the nearest hospital. While there are no pediatricians on hand at the late hour, the doctors confer with specialists at a cutting-edge institute hundreds of miles away. The child is diagnosed and treated immediately without transport to the nearest major children's hospital, much to the mother's relief.
Asthma, a common condition in the U.S. afflicting nearly 11 percent of the population, is nevertheless difficult to diagnose in young children. In many instances, a lack of skilled healthcare workers, particularly in remote areas, makes analyzing asthma and many other pediatric conditions difficult. Couple the workforce shortage with an aging baby boomer population that is placing more burden on an already overtaxed healthcare system, and the challenge of providing quality heath-related services escalates further.
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Consider this case in point: A non-profit medical school in the Northeast, realizing that their ICU pediatric staff was already stretched too thin, sought a solution that would allow physicians to examine their patients at any time, regardless of their physical location. The doctors were often faced with critical or emergency situations during the nighttime hours, and precious time was wasted as they attempted to assess the situation remotely via hurried phone conversations while en route to the facility.
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