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The Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center

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The NRTRC provides technical assistance in developing telehealth networks and applications to serve rural and undeserved communities.

Purpose
The NRTRC leverages the collective expertise of 33 telehealth networks in Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and US-Affiliated Pacific Islands to share information and resources and develop new telehealth programs.

NRTRC Services

  • Provide technical assistance for new programs and applications
  • Increase exposure to telehealth as a healthcare delivery tol
  • Improve access to specialty care through regional collaboration
  • Develop information on best practices and telehealth toolkits
  • Address regional regulatory, policy, and reimbursement issue

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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