The doctor will see you now - online

30 November 2008 | 22:03 - By Stefano Boscutti

American Well aims to reinvent the house call.

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If Roy Schoenberg, the start-up's co-founder and chief executive, has his way, patients will no longer have to wait a month to see a doctor for an urgent sore throat, wait all day for a doctor to return their call or leave work midday and drive a long distance for a routine appointment.  Instead, patients will log on to their computers and find themselves face-to-face with physicians over webcam.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/the-doctor-will-see-you-now-online/

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New New Media looks at how our mediascape is exploding to bits. How the latest technology and the internet are changing the way we live, work and play. How the latest media is shaping us all.

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