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Notes from the Road – Mississippi Rural Health Association Conference – Jackson, MS

By September 26, 2014February 26th, 2024No Comments

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Our Advisory Council member, Ryan Kelly, and his team at the Mississippi Rural Health Association, put on a great conference! We made a lot of new friends in Mississippi this week! There were 150 attendees at this year’s Mississippi Rural Health Conference. Many have already seen Telemedicine at work and are hopeful that Telemedicine will expand to help take care of the people of rural Mississippi. Tripp Johnson and Michael Osborne of the University of Mississippi Medical Center – Center on Telemedicine gave a talk entitled, “Advancing Telemedicine in Mississippi.”  Sixty percent of Mississippians live in a rural area. UMMC has 165 sites of service offering over 30 specialties. They covered a couple of the programs they are currently focusing on – chronic disease management and the Mississippi Diabetes Telehealth Network. Mississippi has undoubtedly made great strides in the advancement of Telemedicine!