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Controlling Prison Healthcare Costs with Telemedicine

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When you think of a typical telemedicine visit, you might picture a patient in a rural town communicating with a big-city specialist, or a primary care provider triaging with an emergency room department. In 2001, a prisoner taken to University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas took two nurses hostage and assaulted them.

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GlobalMed Expands Its Footprint in Africa

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As with our other deployments, the Zimbabwe pilot will bring care to the underserved. Local healthcare is often limited to a monthly one-day visit from a nurse. Two of the strongest villagers carry the patient to the nearest village where a nurse is visiting that day. Schedule a Demo. Learn more at www.globalmed.com. .

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6 Ways to Drive Higher Medicaid Reimbursement with Telemedicine

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Remote monitoring can increase medication and care plan adherence or alert providers of a spike in blood pressure or other need for intervention. Instead of delaying preventive care visits and relying on more expensive emergency room visits, patients can maintain a more consistent treatment plan with their primary care provider.