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Telemedicine in Rural Healthcare Delivery

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One of the earliest telemedicine experiments was in 1959, when a University of Nebraska psychiatrist linked hospital and campus via closed-circuit TV.

Why this is interesting

A farmer in a distant county might live 90 minutes from the nearest hospital, but with telemedicine, a specialist is just one video call away. How does a small screen overcome miles of distance?