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Austin Scott: Doctor, you have a relationship with Tift Regional Hospital where my father is a physician. I know I have talked with…

On the recordJuly 10, 2019
Doctor, you have a relationship with Tift Regional Hospital where my father is a physician. I know I have talked with him many times in the past, him as an orthopedic surgeon and trauma surgeon. Just the ability in rural America for a physician to pull up an X-ray at their home instead of having to drive to the hospital to look at a patient to know if that is something that is an emergency, an emergency that requires an operation today, or if it is something that the patient is actually better off with a 'wait and see' approach.
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Austin Scott
Republican · Georgia

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Highlighting the benefits of telemedicine in rural healthcare.

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