January 12, 2001
University Medical Centers Expand Reach With Telemedicine
Programs envisioned to serve rural areas are having the most success in prisons
"Can you see me good, Doctor?" the burly patient asks as he lifts his shoulders, one at a time, to demonstrate a hitch in his right shoulder socket.
The doctor, Jason H. Calhoun, examines his patient not in person but on a 40-inch video screen. The patient himself is 50 miles away, in a prison in Sugarland, Tex. Dr. Calhoun's video monitor, meanwhile, is part of a futuristic control center at the
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