Partnership to expand health care access
The Kansas University Center for TeleMedicine and TeleHealth (KUCTT) plans to expand the use of telemedicine across the region through a new partnership, Midwest Alliance for Telehealth and Technology Resources, KU Medical Center has announced.
KUCTT will join Marquette General Hospital in Marquette, Mich., and Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., to create the telehealth resource center.
The initiative is a new concept organized and funded by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration’s Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, which has awarded about $1 million for the initiative.
This center will focus on improving the health care accessibility and quality for rural and underserved residents in Kansas, Indiana, Michigan and the Midwest.
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