Thanks to recent federal stimulus grants and telemedicine technologies, rural and economically disadvantaged patients are connecting with medical specialists who previously were beyond their reach.
As an emergency-room physician for more than 25 years, Dr. Debra Lister has seen it all — from broken bones to life-threatening medical emergencies. Yet it wasn’t until five years ago that Lister saw an unexpected change in her practice at the Coffee Regional Walk In Clinic in Douglas, Ga., when telemedicine technologies were introduced that virtually connected rural residents to out-of-town medical specialists.
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