“It’s about 160 miles from Denver to Aspen, but now a Denver neurologist can examine a possible stroke victim at Aspen Valley Hospital in the time it takes to boot up a laptop computer.
Call it telemedicine.
The Aspen hospital’s latest piece of diagnostic equipment isn’t so much about high-tech gadgetry as it is people. The Colorado Digital Online Consultant — CO-DOC, for short — is making its debut in the Aspen emergency department, bringing Denver specialists into the examining room via tiny, computer-mounted cameras.”
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Janet Urquhart, The Aspen Times, 5 February 2010
