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Telemedicine in Rural Communities

Special | 6m 6s  | Video has closed captioning.

The pandemic forced health care providers to expand and adapt to technology to deliver medical care at a distance. Known as telemedicine, it allows a physician to provide care to a patient at a distant site through electronic communications. NET's social media video gives insight into how telemedicine has changed doctors' and patients' daily lives through a rural Nebraska hospital's experiences.