[finid]

If that ever becomes a direct result of regulating doctors in that way, then I don't see why we can't solve that problem the same way we solved the shortage of nurses decades ago. In this case instead of importing filipino nurses, we'll just import doctors from wherever.

Who know, India or China might have a surplus of doctors too.

Or maybe that's the kind of problem that telemedicine will solve.

[rileyteige]

I agree that telemedicine has the potential to be revolutionary, at the very least in the primary-care field. Not sure what it could do about in-patient care, however. The other issue that telemedicine does not solve as far as I know is there are diagnostic tools doctors use beyond sight/sound - what can be palpated, what is the smell? Perhaps that's where nurses could step up?