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Friday, 26 April 2024

Bringing telemedicine to rural areas

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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Bringing telemedicine to rural areas
Bringing telemedicine to rural areas

More than 13 million Americans are still looking for work.

Plus 25 million still don't have access to broadband internet.

That's especially concerning in a world where more and more of us rely on internet for school and health care.

HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET.THAT'S ESPECIALLY CONCERNING INA WORLD WHERE MORE AND MORE OFUS RELY ON INTERNET FOR SCHOOLAND HEALTH CARE.TO HELP REACH AMERICANS WITHOUTACCESS TO TELEMEDICINE...MEDICAL EXPERTS HAVE DEVELOPEDWHAT THEY CALL THE "CRITICALACCESS INTEGRATED PARAMEDICPROGRAM." IT'S AN EMERGENCYVEHICLE OUTFITTED WITH MONITORSAND SATELLITE INTERNET.IT IS IN MANY WAYS LIKE AHIGH-TECH HOME VISIT, THAT YOUMIGHT HAVE SEEN 60 YEARS AGO.SO NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEMIS...THE TECHNOLOGY ALLOWSPARAMEDICS TO CONNECT WITH ANDLEAN ON THE EXPERTISE OF ADOCTOR VIA VIDEO CHAT FROMANYWHERE.WE'RE SIX MONTHS INTO THISPANDEMIC AND PAPER PRODUCTS ARE

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