In terms of digital recording, according to the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Nippon Columbia from Japan (also known as Denon) would pioneer its use in the late '60s and early '70s, releasing the first commercial digital recording: the LP "Something" by SteveMarcus.
Likewise, primary care doctors are seeing similar phenomena and increasingly there are organizations such as Physician Care Direct and the American Academy of Private Physicians which are setup to transition a primary care practice into a model that can be described as two parts Marcus Welby, one part Steve Jobs.