UPMC to Test ‘Virtual Exam Room’ Telemedicine Platform

Share The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is planning to test a “virtual exam room,” a telemedicine platform that allows patients to be seen by multiple physicians at once, in real time. The technology is being developed through a partnership between UPMC and Alcatel-Lucent as part of a broader relationship between the two organizations that was established in 2006. The partners intend to commercially launch the virtual exam room platform in 2013. It is expected to offer secure, real-time clinical encounters. Patients will access the “exam room” through a secure web portal to receive emergency and scheduled . . .