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Extending Healthcare to Alaska's Remote Communities
Clip: 3/15/2015 | 2m 46s
Creative utilization of distant healthcare resources from the remote McGrath, Alaska.
Miranda Petruska is a community health aide who serves the small town of McGrath, Alaska. The nearest doctor or pharmacy is hundreds of miles way. In order to treat her patients she relies on a comprehensive book for diagnosing illness and prescription vending machine controlled by a pharmacist in Anchorage.
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RX
Extending Healthcare to Alaska's Remote Communities
Clip: 3/15/2015 | 2m 46s
Miranda Petruska is a community health aide who serves the small town of McGrath, Alaska. The nearest doctor or pharmacy is hundreds of miles way. In order to treat her patients she relies on a comprehensive book for diagnosing illness and prescription vending machine controlled by a pharmacist in Anchorage.
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