Telemedicine grows despite key challenges | Speed Matters – Internet Speed Test

As the debate over health care reform rages on, as the economy struggles to recover, and as more and more people continue to live without adequate access to broadband technologies, the development of technologies continues to outpace our ability to benefit from them.

Telehealth is the emerging practice of using cameras, microphones, and often robots to connect patients and doctors that are not in the same place. These systems run on high-speed and high-capacity Internet connections, which makes it difficult for those in rural areas to gain access...