PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - J. Lyttle TI - Fibre-optic links eliminate distances separating specialists, patients DP - 1998 May 19 TA - Canadian Medical Association Journal PG - 1349--1350 VI - 158 IP - 10 4099 - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/158/10/1349.short 4100 - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/158/10/1349.full SO - CMAJ1998 May 19; 158 AB - New types of telemedicine links are being tested in Ottawa and the definition they provide is so good that cardiologists can treat patients several hundred kilometres away. Dr. Wilbert Keon says this technology should not be seen as an expensive frill but as a needed advance that will make health care more efficient.