Friend, sick, has an interview with doctor over Skype. Who recommends she gets herself to a hospital ASAP as she's not doing well. Hospitals, at the moment - well, she was in for 7 hours for no diagnosis and a lot of tests.
Anyways, she had told me the doctor was paying a house call and it got me thinking, not as in Skype but as in the day when Doctors would actually go to see the patient in their own environment. Because in their environment might be a lot of clues as to not only what ails them - psychologically as well as physically, but socially as well.
Just as a teacher would get a lot of insight into a pupils life and behaviour by going to their home, so Doctors - and Patients - would benefit from house calls.
But, given the state of health care funding and hospitals in general, don't go expecting that any time soon.