Connecticut joined the ranks of the 28 U.S. states that have laws governing telemedicine reimbursement

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in the day-to-day of mainstream medical practice. While technological development has had a significant hand in this, with modern communication technology such as video conferencing and cloud computing only emerging in the past five years or so, another significant hurdle telemedicine has faced has been financial. - See more at: http://amdtelemedicine.com/blog/article/increasing-state-reimbursement-makes-telemedicine-even-easier?sthash.Wc9aDQ2z.mjjo#sthash.Wc9aDQ2z.Vf9I5RQA.dpuf
in the day-to-day of mainstream medical practice. While technological development has had a significant hand in this, with modern communication technology such as video conferencing and cloud computing only emerging in the past five years or so, another significant hurdle telemedicine has faced has been financial. - See more at: http://amdtelemedicine.com/blog/article/increasing-state-reimbursement-makes-telemedicine-even-easier?sthash.Wc9aDQ2z.mjjo#sthash.Wc9aDQ2z.Vf9I5RQA.dpuf
in the day-to-day of mainstream medical practice. While technological development has had a significant hand in this, with modern communication technology such as video conferencing and cloud computing only emerging in the past five years or so, another significant hurdle telemedicine has faced has been financial. - See more at: http://amdtelemedicine.com/blog/article/increasing-state-reimbursement-makes-telemedicine-even-easier?sthash.Wc9aDQ2z.mjjo#sthash.Wc9aDQ2z.Vf9I5RQA.dpuf

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