Lugar Center Telemedicine Program featured on local news
10/8/2009 Terre Haute, Indiana
Courtesy of WTHITV.com, Published on October 8, 2009
"Technology improves healthcare - Monitors allow distant treatment" By Rondrell Moore
Available Online at: http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/news/news_wthi_terrehaute_health_monitors_200910081810
Technology improves healthcare
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - Getting a house call from your doctor may be a thing of the past. However, new technology is taking that same idea and putting a whole new spin on it.
It's called Telemedicine, and it's quickly changing the face of treatment in the Wabash Valley. With it, doctors and nurses can treat patients in different cities.
"Patients get the care, even if they live rural in the time frame that they need it. Not when it can be delivered," Stephanie Laws of Union Hospital said.
Laws spear-headed the service getting the service in the Wabash Valley. Right now, telemedicine helps doctors treat heart and psychiatric issues.
It's a system that currently reaches out to six area hospitals many in rural communities. That helps save time and money for health care providers.
It's also beneficial to patients who can get the treatment they need in a familiar place.
Stephanie Laws will present the system nationally to Emergency Nurses Association in Boston Massachusetts.
