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In looking at the many benefits of Telemedicine, it is easy to see how patients, individual providers and hospitals and clinics benefit. But is it also true that insurers stand to benefit from the expansion of Telemedicine Simply put, yes.

Rural hospitals and clinics do a remarkable job of caring for patients locally. But when conditions get more complicated than they have the capacity to provide care for, patients often leave town to seek services in a larger community.

The “old way” of specialists providing service to rural communities involved firing up the sedan and hitting the highway. For many physicians who have been in practice for a decade or more, it isn’t uncommon to hear them speak of hours on the road – reducing the number of productive hours they had for seeing patients or completing vital office work – to visit a distant outpost to deliver care to a handful of patients.

As access to broadband internet has become more accessible in rural areas, so has access to innovative healthcare services like Telemedicine. At its core, Telemedicine is essentially a virtual office visit with a physician or provider. While there is no hand-to-hand contact, the appointment is conducted face-to-face via teleconference on a high-speed internet connection.

EPOWERdoc has been selected to provide its Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) at the Complete Care facility in Alamo Heights, Texas. The EPOWERdoc team is working with the Information Technology staff at Complete Care to bring the EDIS live in the coming weeks.

EPOWERdoc has been selected to provide its Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) for the Emergency Department of Morrison Community Hospital in Morrison, Illinois. The EPOWERdoc team is working with the Information Technology staff at the hospital to bring the EDIS live in the coming weeks.

St. Michael’s Emergency Rooms, a Micro Hospital and Freestanding Emergency Center in Sugar Land, Texas, will use the EPOWERdoc Emergency Department Information System (EDIs) and Micro Hospital Inpatient Module at its facility. The Information Technology staff at St. Michael’s is working with the EPOWERdoc team to bring the platforms live in the coming weeks.

EPOWERdoc has been selected to provide its Electronic Health Record (EHR) system for use in the Emergency Department and inpatient services at Tulsa ER & Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The EPOWERdoc team is working with the Information Technology staff at Tulsa ER & Hospital on the implementation of the EHR.

EPOWERdoc has been selected to provide its Emergency Health Record (EHR) at the Clear Choice ER facility in Laredo, Texas. The EPOWERdoc team is working with the Information Technology staff at Clear Choice ER to bring the EHR live in the coming weeks.

EPOWERdoc has been selected to provide its Electronic Health Record (EHR) system for use at Tucson ER & Hospital in Tucson, Arizona. The EPOWERdoc team is working with the Information Technology staff at Tucson ER & Hospital on the implementation of the EHR.