For decades clinicians and technologists have been seeking solutions to extend healthcare services to rural and remote locations in order to provide care that patients would otherwise have to travel substantial distances to receive, or would not receive at all.  Telemedicine, using video technology and all that it entails, is one such solution that is not only delivering healthcare over large distances, but is growing in utilization within patients’ own communities.  Brad Spangler, telemedicine analyst, provides us with an introduction to telemedicine – its technologies, goals, challenges, successes, current and proposed uses, and advancements.