Instead of wasting a day to go to the hospital, 77-year old Jens Dastrup hooks himself up from home to some electronic monitors which automatically feed his readings to his doctor, who then reviews the readings for any abnormalities and can even issue prescriptions electronically.

The catch? This ain’t happening in downtown Des Moines.

As an article in the NY Times describes (click picture for link), telemedicine is happening in Denmark, one of several European communities to embrace telemedicine as a viable low cost alternative to many traditional treatment options.

As you might expect, “experts” are studying whether this could work here.

Studying?

Does it ever seem to you that we Americans sometimes spend way too much time thinking about problems instead of solving them?

This technology works.

What’s the hold up?

You want health care reform that actually lowers costs? Here ya go.

Stop piddling around, Congress. Stop sticking your nose where it don’t belong.

Start doing something smart, for a change.

Like embracing telemedicine.