Doctors Use Video Chat To Examine Patients And Cut Costs

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In the past eight years, Skype has enabled children to face-chat with parents out in the suburbs, and boys to talk to their girlfriends on a semester abroad in Beijing. But now, the video chat service promises to revolutionize one of the most fundamental services in society. At least in the U.K., the National Health Service (NHS) will be incorporating Skype and other online services as part of its modernization agenda.

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