The Telehealth Promise: Better Health Care and Cost Savings for the 21st Century
Alexander H. Vo, PhD
AT&T Center for Telehealth Research and Policy
Electronic Health Network University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
May 2008

• The integration of telehealth into the American health care system can offer unparalleled access to high quality care to every citizen no matter where they live.
• Widespread implementation of telehealth could save the U.S. health care system $4.28 billion just from reducing transfers of patients from one location, such as a nursing home, for medical exams at hospitals, physicians’ offices, or other caregiver locations.  

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