Age Bias and The Rise of Telemedicine in ERs-Could Telemedicine Ease ER Overcrowding?

There may be a solution to overcrowded hospital emergency rooms: telemedicine. Shujing Sun, PhD, Assistant Professor of Information Systems in The Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, led a study that found that minor health issues and even some serious conditions like strokes can be managed remotely.