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The Intersection of Law and Technology at the University of Virginia
Read our current issue: Volume 17, Issue 1 - Spring 2012

Enabling Globalization of Health Care in the Information Technology Era: Telemedicine and the Medical World Wide Web
By Gil Siegal
Information technology (IT) and accompanying medical breakthroughs may facilitate promising global opportunities for better and more accessible health care. This possibility derives from the border-free characteristic of Internet-based communication, technical advances, and a prominent trend of outsourcing expensive medical services to less expensive, international providers through what might be collectively called “electronic medical tourism.” However, full realization of the ...
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