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3. It's really the next big thing, and has some great possibilities for basic health services

Reply to Pterodactyl (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 2, 2013, 12:16 PM

Oct 2013

Particularly in hard-to-service areas (think Appalachia). A company I worked for a few years ago did a prototype of a triage van that goes from shack to shack and the doctor can look at people's impetigo and tell them what they need.

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