Telemedicine

Leona Helmsley will be remembered at “the Queen of Mean,” and for saying that “only the little people pay taxes,” but she was an active health philanthropist, and now $100m from the Leona B. and Harry M. Helmsley Charitable Trust is funding several telemedicine initiatives in South Dakota (the home state of their grandson and trustee).  From a hub in Sioux Falls, virtual trauma and intensive care units are serving several remote locations in the state. Besides the support this brings patients, it also allows hospitals to have their most experienced nurses supervise those with less training.  MORE

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