Everyday Physicians are faced with new tasks that are becoming part of a family physician's responsibility and evolving scope. Dr. Suarez has designed, built and incorporate a Telemedicine system in a practical, versatile, dependable and affordable way for both the patient and Dr. Suarez. This Telemedicine network is in practice only and makes Dr. Suarez available to all his patients' at his central and branch office almost instantly. Demographics and economics have put a heavy burden on patients, especially the underprivileged Latino population in Houston, and have made it difficult to find time, transportation and other resources to feel comfortable and be well taking care of when needing a doctor. In good faith Dr. Suarez has built and incorporated this system into his practice to improve the overall health of his patients. By providing Telemedicine Dr. Suarez is able to cut the wait time for patients thus allowing him to help his patients more in a given time span and over a greater distance. Dr. Suarez encourages his patients to schedule an appointment to see him at his branch or central office, where there are more accommodations (X-Ray, Ultrasound, CBC, etc), but for those who can not allows make the sacrifice, Dr. Suarez is making himself more available through Telemedicine in his practice. A patient's health care is changing as technology changes and Dr. Suarez is walking side by side and ready to fulfill those needs.
The Houston Telemedicine Project is running in proof adjusting to the constant regulations and improving accordantly with new software and equipments.