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Waycross United States
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Telemedicine
Industry
Medical / Health Care / Pharmaceuticals
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Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth has become one of the most robust, comprehensive networks in the nation. We have seen expansion to include nursing homes, school clinics, jails, clinics, ER’s, trauma, stroke, primary care, child advocacy, and continuing education. Legislation was passed to mandate that all payers must pay for telemedicine. The network now has over 350 partners and locations. We have seen clinical utilization climb exponentially. While January, 2006 we had a mere 8 encounters, we had over 25,000 encounters for 2010 and is expected to double in 2011. We now have over 175 specialists and healthcare providers, representing over 40 specialties, participating in the network. P
