Hey readers, this week we reported on the struggle for some communities to access telemedicine during the coronavirus pandemic...
As COVID-19 spreads, telemedicine has emerged as an invaluable tool, allowing doctors to see patients while adhering to social distancing guidelines and keeping as many people as possible away from hospitals.
But in many rural areas, prohibitive costs and limited broadband infrastructure means a medical lifeline is kept out of reach for some 12 million people during the pandemic.
“The broadband problem is terrible. Where I live it’s only satellite, and everybody in my neighborhood has problems,” said Tracy Scott, who runs a family medicine clinic in Bennett, Colorado. “If the internet was better I definitely would have more patients doing telemed.”
The trouble is that Bennett is like so many small American towns: Out here, well beyond Denver’s bright lights and cable wires, patients can’t connect.
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