Dartmouth-Hitchcock and West Health bring geriatric telemedicine to rural New England

(West Health Institute) New Hampshire's only academic health system serving nearly 2 million patients across northern New England, and West Health, a family of nonprofit and nonpartisan organizations working to lower health care costs to enable successful aging, are bringing accredited geriatric emergency care and, for the first time, providing older adults in the region with specialized telehealth services from an accredited emergency department. Northern New England is home to one of the fastest-growing senior populations in the country.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news