Telemedicine was a hot topic at this year's Sleep conference, a joint meeting of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society, in Denver, Colorado.
Telemedicine has been embraced by primary care physicians in rural areas who struggle to arrange for specialist consultations for their patients who have limited access due to the cost or convenience of traveling to the major cities where these specialists usually reside.
If telemedicine can increase access to specialists, can it help the millions of undiagnosed Americans suffering with sleep apnea and other sleep disorders?
