Mensa AG 2018

Debate Room: Telemedicine Is Coming, but Should It? (Room 205)

06 Jul 18
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Tracks: Debate

Sky-rocketing medical costs, plummeting availability of physicians and nurses. The obvious solution is to amortize those precious human resources by using the internet to create personalized “webs of care.” Is that an attractive prospect for you? How about for the doctors and nurses? What trade-offs are we going to stumble across as the American medical system lurches toward care-at-a-distance? Debate Room is not a heated debate but a fast-paced, moderated discussion where everyone gets to be heard, and the most interesting speaker gets a prize!