In Rural Kansas, Doctors And Nurses Provide Care For Patients Hundreds Of Miles Away

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Published September 3, 2014 at 12:12 PM CDT

Tucked inside a new building in Sioux Falls, S.D., is a workspace that might have seemed like the stuff of science fiction just a few years ago. Doctors and nurses sit in front of banks of video cameras and electronic monitors, ready at a moment's notice to provide real-time care for patients hundreds of miles away. That care is now available in Kansas.

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