Brewer Rena, Goble GiGi, Guy Paula
Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth, Inc., in Waycross, GA, USA.
Perspect Health Inf Manag. 2011 Jan 1;8(Winter):1c.
This article presents Georgia's telehealth response to some of the significant healthcare challenges and disparities facing the rural citizens of this state. When compared to their urban and suburban counterparts, rural communities have fewer healthcare providers, and residents must travel longer distances to reach them. Georgia's statewide telemedicine network, the Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth (GPT), uses information technology to improve the efficiency and quality of healthcare and health outcomes for underserved populations in Georgia.
本文介绍了佐治亚州针对该州农村居民所面临的一些重大医疗保健挑战和差异所做出的远程医疗响应。与城市和郊区居民相比，农村社区的医疗服务提供者较少，居民必须长途跋涉才能找到他们。佐治亚州的全州远程医疗网络——佐治亚远程医疗合作组织（GPT），利用信息技术提高佐治亚州医疗服务不足人群的医疗保健效率、质量和健康结果。
