01 June 2008
Hematology / Oncology Centers thrive as technology improves.

In the midst of chemotherapy last fall, Pat Ballek didn't feel like driving 260 miles roundtrip for checkups at her doctor's office. So she didn't. Instead, the Sheridan, Wyo., woman met with Billings' Dr. Patrick Cobb over a video link. Ballek dialed in from Cobb's Sheridan clinic, where she was receiving chemotherapy, while Cobb logged on from the Billings office of Hematology-Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies.

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30 April 2008
Telemedicine Milestone—Our 100th patient consultation

D r. William Hazle, psychiatrist and director of the Behavioral Health Unit at Portneuf Medical Center, has provided psychiatric care to patients in Soda Springs, Malad City, and Afton, Wyoming from his Portneuf Medical Center office since July, 2007.

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30 April 2008
Video-based CNA training now a reality for THC communities

After nine months of planning, Idaho State University Workforce Training, in cooperation with The Hospital Cooperative, is offering a video-based Certificated Nursing Assistants (CNA) course.

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03 March 2008
Dedicated to providing comprehensive, high quality care for patients with cerebrovascular disease.

A multidisciplinary team of physicians including:

• emergency physicians
• neurologists
• neurosurgeons
• radiologists
• physiatrists

works together to provide a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic options. The Stroke Center therapies include medical treatments, Telestroke consultations, advanced neurosurgical techniques, and interventional neuroradiology procedures.

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04 September 2007
Eastern Aleutian Tribes, Inc. (EATs) is a tribally operated non-profit health corporation that provides the sole source of comprehensive primary services in the Aleutians East Borough (AEB). EATs has matured into one of the most dynamic and progressive Native health organizations in Alaska.  

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19 July 2007 The Idaho State University Institute of Rural Health has created a virtual environment to train emergency-preparedness professionals.  This is the only type of training like this anywhere.  Please "click here" to explore this virtual world.