By Michele Smith
The Times
Telehealth Improves the Quality of Care at CCHS
Technology has potential to help stroke patients
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Emergency room physician Dr. Lewis Neace demonstrates the telehealth unit in the Dayton General Hospital Emergency Department. Before a patient with symptoms of stroke reaches the hospital by ambulance, or by air, a neurologist is waiting to see CT images, to help with diagnosing and treatment.
DAYTON--The quality of healthcare received at the Columbia County Health System has gotten a shot in the arm thanks to a Kadlec Medical Center grant that provided CCHS with three telehealth units. One is installed in the Dayton General Hospital Emergency Department, and there is one in the Waitsburg Clinic and one in Columbia Family Clinic.
The telehealth unit is a rolling cart with a camera and computer that can be dialed to reach a consulting physician "anywhere in the world" to help with diagnosis and treatment, according to Emergency Department physician Dr. Lewis Neace.
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