Cisco and Molina Healthcare

On Jan 15, Cisco announced a telemedicine project for Molina Healthcare. The press release can be found here. Cisco is the number one provider of networks to the healthcare industry. They have a start of the art hospital for the Cisco employess that is the testing ground for the technologies that they are developing. Telemedicine is expected to become a very large part of healthcare delivery over the next few years. It has been around for many years but only now has the technology become affordable and portable. The development of smartphones, i belive, is a major driving force in this field. Cisco's presence in telemedicine will help foster new innovation and drive the market just as the entrance of Verizon, AT&T,Intel and IBM to name just a few of the major players in this emerging market of telemedicine in healthcare. Love to know your thoughts.