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10 Tech Advances That Can Change Medicine

December 16, 2016

Virtual Medical Center for Remote Monitoring ('Bedless Hospital') and the Rapid Rise of Telemedicine

In St Louis, Mercy Virtual has 330 healthcare professionals overseeing real-time monitoring of thousands of patients remotely. In parallel, the rise of telemedicine for outpatient visits is growing very rapidly.

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