Telemedicine becoming new way to see patients - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

Since there aren’t enough primary care physicians or nurse practitioners to get to all of the patients, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is bringing the patients to them.

The organization, which provides health care to about 70,000 men and women a year at 28 clinics across the state, has begun investing in telemedicine, a high-tech way for the patient and clinician to communicate via video phone.

“This allows for far easier access and we can read a patient’s body language to see what is really upsetting them,” said Katharine Burnett, vice president of patient services for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin...