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"Beam Me Up," and Into 21st-Century Medicine, in CO

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014   

KEYSTONE, Colo. – It's like a scene from Star Trek - instead of going to the doctor when you're sick, you sit at your computer and discuss your symptoms with a medical provider. For some Colorado communities, it isn't science fiction anymore - it's a reality.

Until now, access to specialized health care in much of Colorado has been a challenge due to geography and the widely scattered communities in parts of the state. However, the advances of broadband and secure online networks are changing that and taking Coloradans "where no man has gone before," explains Vivek Wadhwa, a fellow at Stanford University who specializes in new technologies.

"Technology is taking us into the 'Star Trek' future that we dreamed about when we were children," Wadhwa says. "All of those magical devices that we saw on TV, you know - all those amazing things are now becoming realities."

Telehealth - the use of telecommunications to provide long-distance clinical care - and other 21st-century health topics are being discussed today through Friday (July 23-25) at the Colorado Health Symposium in Keystone. And Coloradans can participate in the symposium online on the Colorado Health Foundation's website.

The Colorado Telehealth Network (CTN) has been working for six years to create secure networks for the state's medical facilities to share images and information, and helping patients use technology to take advantage of telehealth services, according to its executive director, Ed Bostick.

"These patients have to have broadband in their community - and so, not only are we doing broadband for the telehealth piece, but we're also working with a number of agencies to try to deploy broadband throughout Colorado," says Bostick. "And obviously, the place where it needs to be done is in rural communities."

The Colorado Telehealth Network has been recognized as a national leader in developing long-distance medical technology.

Wadhwa says that's partly because the state's residents have a lot to gain from it.

"Colorado will benefit in a big way," says Wadhwa. "And people who are outside the cities can be left out of the technology landscape. But with these advances, anyone anywhere will have access to the same knowledge, the same tools."

CTN provides services in all but three Colorado counties and at least 200 medical facilities.




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