Over time, I have seen the Gloucester County freeholders utilize the concept more and more, and I have paid close attention to the benefits that it offers. They have created these agreements which have taken pressure off of the towns and boroughs, and created systems that work and save money, keeping our municipal taxes at a reasonable rate.
I think we are the only county that has the availability of a countywide service for emergency medical response. It is difficult and expensive for our towns to maintain up-to-date medical equipment and supplies and to pay well-trained staff.
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“Some of our most important citizens live in rural, small cities, the countryside, or remote areas, and these areas have smaller populations and less-direct access to vital healthcare resources,” said Shahid Shah, software analyst and author of the blog Healthcare IT Guy. “In the past 15 years or so, we’ve made some great strides in remotely accessible healthcare; these offerings, called telemedical tools, provide important clinical care at a distance.”
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Developing policies that will eliminate barriers to the adoption of telehealth technology, such as expanding broadband services and providing resources to help implement the technology, will enable more American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) to access healthcare in a cost effective and efficient way, according to Howard Hays, acting chief information officer for the Indian Health Service (IHS).
Hays, who recently testified before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said, "The distribution of the American Indian and Alaska Native populations and our healthcare facilities over some of the most beautiful but isolated and underserved parts of the country increases the challenges of healthcare delivery, especially where specialty care and consultation are concerned. This is where the telehealth services can have their greatest impact."
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Powered by the Axolotl HIE platform from OptumInsight, NeHII electronically delivers clinical information at the point of care, integrating a wide variety of patient clinical data including laboratory results, ER reports, discharge summaries, radiology reports, progress notes, transcription, medications and other medical information.
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The Nebraska Health Information Initiative has signed 14 critical access hospitals to its statewide health information exchange in recent weeks, with others expected to join as more hospitals roll out digital health record systems.
Nebraska, which has a population of about 1.8 million, is one of the most rural states in the U.S., and with 65 critical access hospitals, or CAHs, has more of these facilities than most other states.
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