Telemedicine finally coming of age?

Some time ago, I had friends over for dinner, and some were doctors. We had a heated discussion on the feasibility of long-distance medical diagnoses. (Where the doctor is far away, and you rely on the internet/phone to make a diagnosis.)

There seems to be some progress on this front, as this article shows.

http://www.popsci.com/bown/article/2008-11/making-all-right-calls