The tele-emergency service is offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week at Mayo Regional’s emergency department. Via the service, Mayo Regional’s ED team can connect with Dartmouth-Hitchcock emergency medicine-focused physicians and nurses for additional expertise and support. The tele-emergency program leverages interactive audiovisual technology.
Mayo Regional’s emergency department cares for 11,000-plus patients annually, according to the report.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock currently provides emergency medicine support via telemedicine to seven hospitals in New England in addition to Mayo Regional.
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