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02/21/14: Rural Hospital Crisis

Season 44 Episode 19 | 26m 29sVideo has Closed Captions

Rural hospitals are closing across Georgia. We explore why this is happening.

We speak with Yvonne Hallman whose sister suffered terrible burns without close access to care. We talk solutions with Sen. David Lucas of Macon, Jimmy Lewis of Hometown Health, and Prof. Jason Hockenberry of Emory University. Finally, we explore telemedicine with Paula Guy and Matt Jansen of the GA Partnership for TeleHealth.

06/19/2020

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Lawmakers

02/21/14: Rural Hospital Crisis

Season 44 Episode 19 | 26m 29sVideo has Closed Captions

We speak with Yvonne Hallman whose sister suffered terrible burns without close access to care. We talk solutions with Sen. David Lucas of Macon, Jimmy Lewis of Hometown Health, and Prof. Jason Hockenberry of Emory University. Finally, we explore telemedicine with Paula Guy and Matt Jansen of the GA Partnership for TeleHealth.

06/19/2020

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