Home Runs in Telemedicine and
Telehealth: The Season is Always
Right!
B y Ro n a l d S . We i n s te i n o n
December 5, 2013
A
home run, or a “four-bagger” in
entrepreneur-speak, in telemedicine
or telehealth is: 1) a patient service
which is equivalent to an in-person service
in terms of effectiveness including patient
and provider satisfaction; 2) is sustainable;
3) is cost effective; and 4) is a service that
migrates into the mainstream of the US
healthcare delivery system.
Of course, this was a human-interest
bonanza for NASA. It made space medicine
relevant to the average patient here on
earth. NASA had won the billion-dollar bet
on space medicine as a featured program
for their first man-on-the moon landing
enterprise back then.