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The ominous spread of coronavirus has bolstered the case for such advances as telemedicine; drones; artificial intelligence/machine learning; Big Data; and more flexible regulation of health care personnel and institutions. During a social conversation via FaceTime, her grandson, a physician, realized Mom was in the early stages of septic shock. A day's delay in treatment might have proven fatal. Similar tales emerge from professional telemedicine doctors. The advantages of telemedicine for, say, a migrant worker family on a remote ranch whose child becomes ill in the wee hours.