cyberpatient

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ patient.

Noun

cyberpatient (plural cyberpatients)

1. A patient who receives medical diagnosis by means of a computer network.
   • 2009 June 11, Malia Wollan, “Lights, Camera, Contraction!”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Explicit medical videos are among the exceptions, allowing cyberpatients and other viewers 18 and over to watch videos of colonoscopies, appendectomies and open-heart surgery.

See also

• telemedicine